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Counselling ‘family’ comes to the help of Al Shaabab victims

Judy Wawira, after going through a counseling session at Gituba Village in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County on January 13,2017.She is still waiting for her husband Corporal Munene Miriti who went missing after El Adde attack on KDF troops camp in Somalia, on January 15,2016. PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD

Families that lost their loved ones in the El Adde attack by Al Shaabab militants last year are receiving counselling help.

Heroes Oasis Counselling Centre (HOCC), an organisation comprising the relatives of troops who were in service, is providing psychological support for families of soldiers deployed to the battlefront.

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