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How wounds of global war continue haunting locals decades later

Building used as a holding place for prisoners of war during World War II. It is located at the edge of an airstrip belonging to Njoro Country Club which was established by colonialists in 1904. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

The life of the late Alice Wali Mkoba informs part of the sad but interesting history of the Wakasigau community, a sub-ethnic group of the Wataita in Taita-Taveta County.

The woman recently passed on at the golden age of 114, having lived to see several generations.

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