{{Two Kenyan hostages have been reunited with their families after being freed by militant Islamists in Somalia.}}<\/p>\n
Yesse Mule and Fredrick Wainana were abducted from the Kenyan town of Gerille in January 2012 by fighters of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group.<\/p>\n
Mr Mule told the BBC they moved to 19 different locations, and were kept chained and blindfolded in Somalia throughout their captivity.<\/p>\n
Kenya denied paying a ransom for the release of the government officials.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab has taken numerous foreigners hostage, including the French spy Denis Allex who was executed in January after a botched French operation to rescue him.<\/p>\n
Mr Mule and Mr Wainana were seized some three months after Kenyan troops entered Somalia to fight al-Shabab.<\/p>\n
Its troops are currently part of the African Union (AU) force helping the UN-backed Somali government fend off threats by the al-Qaeda-linked group to overthrow it.<\/p>\n
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