Police are interrogating a tailor arrested in the border town of Wajir who is suspected of selling security uniforms to al Shabaab.Wajir County Commissioner Naftali Mungathia said the uniforms which include the military jungles of regular and administration police were found stashed at the tailorâs shop by military intelligence officers. Mr Mungathia said they suspect the uniforms were being sold to members of al Shabaab militia and that of armed clan militia currently engaged in inter-clan warfare in Wajir and Mandera County.
âOur security uniforms are usually highly protected from criminals who can get access to them and we are wondering how the tailor got such huge consignments of the uniform,â he said.
Mr Mungathia said several police officers including Wajir officer commanding station (OCS), were recording statement to assist in the investigations since they were mentioned by the tailor as those he was making the uniform for.
âWe have established a consignment of 15 newly made jungle uniforms was dispatched on Monday and we are doing a probe to establish who the recipients of the delivery were,â he noted.
The government administrator said they highly suspect, the uniforms have been going to wrong hands of criminals, adding that, three clan militia who were among those who raided Gunana village and killed four people were found to be in a full police uniform an indication that, they were being supplied from the tailorâs shop.