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Ex-Recce squad officer who traded gun for a hammer

Former Recce Squad officer Nicholas Langat who now works at a quarry.

When terrorists struck dusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Nicholas Langat (28), would have been in the squad that set off to rescue trapped Kenyans and terminate criminals.

But on that day, the former officer was nursing a hangover and breaking his back while crushing ballast at a quarry in his family farm.

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