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Ex-soldier with bullet in chest for 55 years

Philip Barsulai shows a scar left by a bullet lodged near his heart after he was shot during the Shifta war in 1964.

For more than half a century, Philip Barsulai has been walking around with a bullet lodged in his chest.

For the 75-year-old retired Kenya Rifles soldier, it is a reminder of his deadly encounter with ethnic militia on February 17, 1964 during the Shifta war.

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