October 5, 2011, began as another ordinary day for David Njuguna Wanyoike. The morning was calm and the 28-year-old turn boy and assistant driver woke up early in his Eastleigh Section Three home ready for work. He left his wife of about two years, Esther Wambui, with his son, James Wanyoike, who had just celebrated his first birthday. He knew he would return after a week or so, as he usually did. At work, he first inspected the truck they would be using to deliver drugs to Somalia and declared that it was good to go. The drugs for medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, were loaded, ready for departure. His driver, Ali Mohammed, was also on time and soon they were ready to begin their trip. Daniel had been to Uganda, Sudan and Burundi on similar deliveries before. However, this was the first time he was going to Somalia. He had remotely heard about the insecurity situation, but it did not bother him. Just four days earlier, on October 1, a 66-year-old French woman, Marie Dedieu, had been kidnapped by an armed gang of about 10 men suspected to be Al-Shabaab militia. On the same day, a Kenyan navy vessel had capsized in the Indian Ocean while searching for the French woman, probably after coming under attack.
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http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000132688/my-918-days-in-al-shabaab-cells-and-the-unending-trauma-afterOctober 5, 2011, began as another ordinary day for David Njuguna Wanyoike. The morning was calm and the 28-year-old turn boy and assistant driver woke up early in his Eastleigh Section Three home ready for work. He left his wife of about two years, Esther Wambui, with his son, James Wanyoike, who had just celebrated his first birthday. He knew he would return after a week or so, as he usually did. At work, he first inspected the truck they would be using to deliver drugs to Somalia and declared that it was good to go. The drugs for medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, were loaded, ready for departure. His driver, Ali Mohammed, was also on time and soon they were ready to begin their trip. Daniel had been to Uganda, Sudan and Burundi on similar deliveries before. However, this was the first time he was going to Somalia. He had remotely heard about the insecurity situation, but it did not bother him. Just four days earlier, on October 1, a 66-year-old French woman, Marie Dedieu, had been kidnapped by an armed gang of about 10 men suspected to be Al-Shabaab militia. On the same day, a Kenyan navy vessel had capsized in the Indian Ocean while searching for the French woman, probably after coming under attack.
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http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000132688/my-918-days-in-al-shabaab-cells-and-the-unending-trauma-after
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
October 5, 2011, began as another ordinary day for David Njuguna Wanyoike. The morning was calm and the 28-year-old turn boy and assistant driver woke up early in his Eastleigh Section Three home ready for work.
He left his wife of about two years, Esther Wambui, with his son, James Wanyoike, who had just celebrated his first birthday. He knew he would return after a week or so, as he usually did.
At work, he first inspected the truck they would be using to deliver drugs to Somalia and declared that it was good to go. The drugs for medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, were loaded, ready for departure. His driver, Ali Mohammed, was also on time and soon they were ready to begin their trip.
Daniel had been to Uganda, Sudan and Burundi on similar deliveries before. However, this was the first time he was going to Somalia. He had remotely heard about the insecurity situation, but it did not bother him.
Just four days earlier, on October 1, a 66-year-old French woman, Marie Dedieu, had been kidnapped by an armed gang of about 10 men suspected to be Al-Shabaab militia.
On the same day, a Kenyan navy vessel had capsized in the Indian Ocean while searching for the French woman, probably after coming under attack.