By WACHIRA MWANGIMore by this AuthorThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CGWC) will this week complete restoration and repairs on the World War I African Memorials (the Askari memorials) in Mombasa County. The memorials, which were constructed after WWI to commemorate all African soldiers and carriers who died in the 1914-18 war, were vandalised and some parts stolen. “A number of years ago there was quite a lot of damage to the memorials, the most obvious piece was the staff stolen together with other pieces. In February, Mr McDonald and 3D scanner specialists Luke Abbott and Ben Williams from the UK took permanent records of the memorials in East Africa to be restored. The piece of art was flown back by the Royal Air Force and we are keen that it is restored to commemorate the soldiers who died in the war,” the CWGC official said.

Source: Daily Nation September 04, 2018 15:56 UTC