US-based medic reunites with kind lady who saved his life 30 years ago

MOHAMMED JUMA MOHAMED, a nurse in the US, came back to Kenya last month in search of the woman who treated him 30 years ago after he was badly burned by a house fire in Somalia. He spoke to BONIFACE MANYALA.

The 1991 civil strife in Somalia will be remembered for a number of things, including the displacement of many Somali citizens, who ended up in various countries across the globe. For Mohamed Jama Mohamed, when Somalia burst into flames in February 1991, a house he was in also burst into flames ignited by petrol that was being kept there. The fire burnt his body and completely changed his life.