The majority of them ‐ 44 ‐ joined the groups last year but this year only 14 have fled, a police report reveals.
The decline in the number of terror recruits has been attributed to various counter-terrorism strategies by the Government.
"Most of the successes from current counter-terrorism efforts are largely due to close working relations between security agencies and members of the public who voluntarily share information with security personnel," says the report.
Terror groups The students were among dozens of youths who left the country to join terror groups in countries such as Libya, Somalia, and Syria. But this trend has declined due to, among others, enhanced security patrols along the Kenya-Somali border and other Kenyan border points.
Additionally, many Kenyan youths are increasingly becoming aware of the futility of joining myrmidon groups such as al-Shabaab
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the personification of Somali state failure...and ISIS, the report says.
The report cites intelligence that shows that many of the Kenyan terror runaways in Somalia have borne the wrath of al-Shabaab, which is increasingly accusing them of spying for the Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia.