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Police officers held captive for two years in Somalia finally return home

AP officers Joseph Wambugu (Right) and Fredrick Chirchir during the home coming party in Sotik. (Photo: Gilbert Kimutai/Standard)

Fortune has conspired to give two Administration Police officers a gift - one more chance to live.  Fredrick Chirchir and Joseph Wambugu, who were rescued last week after two years in captivity in Somalia, spoke emotionally about what they termed as their second chance to live.

The two constables, who were seized by Al Shabaab militia on May 25, 2013, during a raid on two police stations in Liboi near the Kenya and Somalia border at Damajaleh, were given a heroic reception at Chirchir's home in Bomet on Saturday.

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