KDF priest keeps a gun on his left shoulder and a Bible on his right hand

When he went to Somalia in 2011, his mission was to pray for and lift the morale of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops who had just crossed the border into unfamiliar territory in pursuit of the ragtag Al-Shabaab militants.
Ten years later, Catholic priest George Makau has not just become a veteran of the war but the exploits against the militants have also turned the Man of God into both a prayer warrior and a war machine.

“I am back in Somalia,” the priest, who became the first military chaplain and first clergyman to be deployed to the front line, told The Nairobian this week.