KENYA Defence Force troops in Somalia on Thursday rescued two Kenyan aid workers who were abducted by Somali gunmen from Dadaab refugee camp two and half years ago.
Daniel Njuguna Wanyoike, an employee of Medicin Sans Frontiers, and James Kiarie Gichoi, a driver with Care International, were kidnapped by suspected al Shabaab fighters in Dadaab in September 2011.
In a statement sent to newsrooms, military spokesman Colonel Willy Wesonga said that KDF troops within AMISOM successfully rescued two aid workers.
"The two Daniel Njuguna Wanyoike of MSF and James Kiarie Gichoi of Care International were kidnapped while working along the Kenya-Somalia border. They are currently at Dhobley Level two hospital for a 24 hr check prior to their travel to Nairobi tomorrow," Col Wesonga said.
In October 2011 the KDF invaded Somalia after another two Spanish international aid workers were abducted and tourists at the Coast were adbucted for ransom.
Gichoi who was abducted in September 2011 in Dadaab. The Care vehicle he was driving has never been recovered. In September 2011 British tourist David Tebbutt was killed and his wife Judith was kidnapped while on a holiday at the Coast near the Somalia border.
Marie Dedieu, a disabled French citizen living in Lamu, was kidnapped on October 1 from her bed. She died in captivity and al Shabaab is still holding her body for ransom.
