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Paul Wafula And Nyambega Gisesa

The pain families of fallen heroes go through chasing KDF benefits

At 7.55pm on the Sunday of October 16, 2011, a Kenyan military helicopter crashed and burst into flames at Liboi, about 14km from the border with Somalia.
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
The pain families of fallen heroes go through chasing KDF benefits
News of son’s death took away his life
News of son’s death took away his life
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
‘Frozen in death, gone to another mission’
‘Frozen in death, gone to another mission’
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
My wedding gown arrived two weeks after we buried my fiancé
My wedding gown arrived two weeks after we buried my fiancé
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
When Shabaab bullet shattered couple’s dreams
Due to Lt Kevin Webi’s numerous visits to Moi University to meet his girlfriend Rachael Masika, a student at the institution, her classmates nicknamed him “Afande”.
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
When Shabaab bullet shattered couple’s dreams
How soldier’s call to wife lined him for sniper bullet
It is pitch dark and Kenya Defence Force’s platoon Commander Lieutenant Edward Juma Okoyo is in the muddy trenches of Somalia.
By Paul Wafula and Nyambega Gisesa 11 years ago
How soldier’s call to wife lined him for sniper bullet
The soldier who predicted his own death
There is only one reason why scores of military officers in uniform arrived at Joseph Onguso Nyabanga’s home in Nyamira County on that gloomy day in 2012. His son, Private Jasper Onguso, 26, was dead.
By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
The soldier who predicted his own death
The day they dragged my son’s body in the streets of Kismayu
On the morning of September 1, 2012, the world woke up to shocking footage of Al-Shabaab militants dragging the bodies of men in military uniform in the streets of Kismayu.
By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
The day they dragged my son’s body in the streets of Kismayu
The day Al-Shabaab called
As the evening sun kissed goodbye the hills over Othaya on September 7, 2012, Damaris Wamaitha, 30, received a strange text message in her phone at exactly 6.07pm.
By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
The day Al-Shabaab called
Agony of KDF families after Somalia
Francis Kavindu arrived at his Kivani home in Kitui County one Wednesday morning in late 2011. He found men digging a grave. When he inquired who’s grave it was, they told him it was for his fifth born son, Major Samuel Keli Kavindu. Hours later, he collapsed in his bedroom and died broken in heart and spirit.
By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
Agony of KDF families after Somalia
Ritho family feud: Was city tycoon’s wife killed over Sh3 billion estate?
On the morning of February 22, a group of men went to the Mater Hospital Mortuary. The men said that they had come to collect the body of Gladys Luhanga Ritho, a 70-year-old retired teacher and billionaire.
By By PAUL WAFULA and NYAMBEGA GISESA 11 years ago
Ritho family feud: Was city tycoon’s wife killed over Sh3 billion estate?
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