- 8,587 viewsDuration: 39:57The abduction happened in 2012 on Kenyan soil. Fredrick Wainaina and Yesse Mule’s life as they had known it, would change forever. The two spent harrowing 19 months in the hands of Al-Shabaab militants. The two Kenyans were helping issue id cards to residents of Wajir. A government staff budge saved their lives… but the scars have remained for the two Kenyans who spent 19 months in the hands of Al-Shabaab.