A female truck driver from Kenya has narrated a harrowing ordeal she went through at the hands of a military group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The driver, who recently reunited with her family in Itunduimuni Village, Machakos County, believes it is by sheer miracle that she is back in Kenya after facing physical assault. Fighting between rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 and the DR Congo army has intensified since the start of the year, with foreign nationals often finding themselves on the firing line. Among them is Florence Wanza Munyao, who was kidnapped by a military group, lived in captivity for almost five months.
Wanza Munyao, who spent more than five months wth a DRC military group Photo NTV Between brushes with death and consistently being threatened with her life, Munyao admitted she is also lost for words at how she was able to secure a safe return to Kenya.
According to the experienced truck driver, she first came into contact with the military group when her truck got stuck in unfavourable terrain. "One of the soldiers called me over and started assaulting me.
