Author Reference
Benard, L. (2015): LinkedIn Kenya
Members Tribute to Fallen KDF Soldiers. Intel Fire Group of Companies Blog.
Nairobi, Kenya.
It
has been several weeks since the mass media and the social-large media reported
aggressively of El Ade camp ambush and ultimate price paid by Kenyan soldiers. The
whole LinkedIn Kenya members received this news with deep thoughts on your bravely
as you were protecting their country Kenya by paying the ultimate price. As we walk
down the memory lane, your efforts in dispelling terror from our neighborhood will
be remembered by many generations to come. As LinkedIn Kenya members, your
posts on safety and security measures for the masses will be missed. And as
your family members come to terms with your demise, the members hope for them
that they have courage, resilience and abundance in God and everything will be
alright. Their messages of goodwill to the family members sent via your LinkedIn
page will be a true testimony of the spirit of togetherness you had with your many
followers online. LinkedIn being a professional network, your followers were
the larger majority members of your workplace your family knew as your colleagues.
And true to its objectives, the members were with your family during the trying
moment and will continue to remember you in the greatest words of a great
soldier… “You did a great job. We are so
proud of you”.
The
Kenyan LinkedIn family comprises of very many professionals and with mostly the
HR managers doing most of the updates due to the nature of their position as
has been the tradition since its inception. But on this particular occasion,
even if they did not show it, they came together and statistics showed that
even the Kenyan based professionals were not posting as much. This was to
reflect on their fallen heroes and take a minute of silence (read silence from typing & posting) in
honor of their soldiers. Taking a look at your profile, they reviewed your illustrious
careers with the forces and suddenly realized that you have been serving them
for the last over 10 or so years diligently at the expense of your family. Even
though you took an oath to protect the beautiful country, this beauty will
continue to shine to ensure your generations enjoy a safe and secure place to
live in and for LinkedIn Kenyan members, a safe and secure place to like,
comment
and post
on. Every time the members will be making a post, commenting, and liking from
the Kenyan land, the memory of your heroisms will remain in the realm of their
fingers. Your profile view will be a testimony to this and the percentages
reported on increase during this period of adoration is an indication of
remembering the great soldier who was a member of this community and who
defended their country by paying the ultimate price.
THIS
IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE KENYAN KDF SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN EL-ADE CAMP
The writer is a
PhD Generalist in Public Safety Service Delivery
