THE DANGEROUS ROAD
THE DANGEROUS ROAD "IF YOU DONT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING - THEN ANY ROAD WILL LEAD YOU THERE." - LEWIS CARROL If I had known that this road is used often by Al Shabaab Terrorists I wouldn't have agreed to travel it. In fact it has a nickname - "The Al Shabaab Road" --- all this was withheld from me till the end of the journey back in Wajir The elders were clever. They only said that we have to go East of Wajir, about 25km. "It's just on the outskirts of Wajir ... about half hour away from our site", said the Chairman Thats how they lured me into this trip. As usual the 25km estimate was an underestimate .... it was actually 45km one way! And it took at least an hour plus .. one way! The reason for this trip, "He has offered us 240 tonnes of aggregate, for free! A donation to the construction of the Hudheifa Masjid". .... that's how they put it! "Please check for us the quality of this offered aggregate" added the