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Anne Kerubo at her son’s grave in Bonsansa in Bobasi, Kisii County. She has not seen her grandchildren since her son was buried almost a year ago. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO]

In the lush green hamlet of Bonsansa in Bobasi, Kisii, 75-year-old Anne Kerubo’s life is barren.

Despite the mix of cheer and the juvenile mischief of grandchildren around her, she spends her evenings bereft of joy, gazing at the stars shining over the undulating hills and musing over her losses in the wake of the El Adde attack in Somalia a year ago that left more than 100 Kenyan soldiers dead on January 15.