Slain KDF officer defied father's advice to resign from army

Victor Shipiti was one of the KDF officers who died at Kulbiyow after an attack by Al-Shabaab. (Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard)

One of the soldiers killed in a terrorist attack on a Kenyan military camp in Somalia had told his wife, a day to the attack, that he was contemplating quitting.

"Life is hard in Somalia. We don't know when the enemy will strike. When my contract expires I will quit KDF," were the last words Victor Shipiti told his wife Purity Kendi.