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Legend of Gelert the dog and lessons it holds for Kenya

DCI Headquarters, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The legend of Gelert the dog is a folk tale that has taken many forms as it is being told and retold around the world.

It generally revolves around this dog that had been entrusted by the owner to protect his baby as he went hunting with the other dogs. However, one evening he comes back from his hunting mission to an unsettling site of Gelert running towards him with his mouth full of blood. As he gets closer he sees more and more traces of blood and pieces of meat.

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