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A country united in grief and defiant against terror

President Uhuru Kenyatta with deputy president William Ruto and opposition leaders at the Defence Forces Memorial Hospital

They stood unbowed, shoulder-to-shoulder and spoke courage to a traumatised nation. Last Friday’s attack on Kenyan troops in Somalia, yesterday brought together President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga in a striking gesture of national solidarity.

Together with Deputy President William Ruto, the three titans of Kenyan politics paid tribute to the warriors of El Adde – they saluted the fallen soldiers, celebrated survivors’ bravery and offered comfort to their grieving families.

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