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It's still not clear what was the scale of last Friday's attack on an African Union military base in Somalia by Islamist militants from al-Shabab. The Kenyan government hasn't released an official figure, but al-Shabab claim more than 100 soldiers died. Kenyan soldiers are part of an African Union mission, AMISOM, that supports the Somali government in its fight against al-Shabab. Newsday spoke to Ndungu Gethenji, who is a Kenyan MP and also the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. Picture - Members of the Kenya Defence Forces with the caskets of their comrades killed at the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Credit: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya