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Lamu awaken with port business, property, tourism and agriculture

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A view of Lamu Island. One of Kenya's most prominent Unesco World Heritage Sites. [File, Standard]

Scars of the 2014 Al Shabaab attacks in Mpeketoni in Lamu are still noticeable as some of the hotels and a petrol station attacked remain in ruins.

But the spirit of the people, such as of Ms Jane Wamboi, widowed at the age of 20 on the night of June 16, 2014, was never dimmed.

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