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Kenya Orders Arrest Of 4 Al-Shabaab Operatives In Border Region
[RADIOSHABELLE] Kenya on Monday ordered the arrest of four Kenyan al-Shabaab...  Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...operatives in northeast region and charges if they failed to surrender within the next few days. North Eastern Regional Commissioner Mohamud Saleh who revealed names of the four al-Shabaab operatives in Wajir and Mandera counties directed the security team to ensure the suspects are immediately locked away Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! if they fail to surrender. "These people must be captured or they must surrender. If it fails we shall carry out a controlled operation," Saleh told security committee teams in Wajir town. He said the details of their family members including their parents will be released to the security teams in the two counties. He said the operatives have been tasked with paralyzing transport within the main supply route of Wajir and Elwak in Mandera County, destroy communication facilities by targeting mobile phones masts. Since Kenyan soldiers crossed into Somalia several attacks believed to have been carried out by al-Shabaab have occurred in Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa and Dadaab districts of northern Kenya even as the military reports gains against the Islamist group by capturing their military bases and killing scores of them. Saleh, however, urged the security team to work closely with the chiefs, elders and area residents to ensure that al-Shabaab is eliminated from the area. The regional government official said it was a shame for Kenyan officials in Northeastern to spend 95 percent of their working on dealing with security matters. "When the rest of Kenya is talking about development, use of county funds, Constituency development fund, equalization fund, and other investments, in North Eastern we are busy talking about al-Shabaab," Saleh lamented. Posted by: Fred 2018-01-30 |
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