Judith Tebbutt. She was kidnapped from a resort in Kiwayu Island, Lamu County. [File, Standard]
The murder of David Tebbutt and the kidnapping of his wife Judith in 2011 from a tourist resort in Kiwayu Island, Lamu County, played a huge part in defining Kenya's foreign policy towards neighbouring Somalia.
These events, from September of 2011, put in motion a chain of developments that led to Kenya's invasion of its north easterly neighbour.
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