A section of MCAs from Garissa have raised concern over the increasing cases of disappearance that they claim are orchestrated by security forces. The MCAs are now calling for the immediate release of all the missing persons, saying that the cases have gone on for far too long.
At least one officer was confirmed dead after Al Shabaab militants fired rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at the Border Patrol Unit at Yumbis near the Kenya-Somalia border on Friday. It is reported that during the attack, officers were attacked with RPG and AK47 rifles. The attack left one officer dead, while another sustained a gunshot injury on the right thigh and is in stable condition.
Police in Kisii have arrested a female terror suspect at a lodging facility. Kisii County Police Commander Charles Kases said they had handed over the suspect to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) for questioning. “A member of the public reported to the police that a woman of Borana origin had been staying in a room at the Black and White Lodging in Kisii Town for the past three weeks,” Mr Kases said.
The government’s unwavering commitment to combating terrorism remains steadfast, with a particular focus on identifying and neutralizing individuals who support terrorist activities financially. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, spearheading the efforts through the Counter-Terrorism Financing Inter-Ministerial Committee, affirmed the government’s stance. “We are actively tracking terrorist sympathizers and collaborators who finance the enemy’s operations through illicit financial flows,” he said Monday after chairing the Counter-Terrorism Financing Inter-Ministerial Committee meeting attended by his Cabinet Colleagues led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Treasury’s Prof Njuguna Ndung’u and others.
Police in Kisii have arrested a female terror suspect at a lodging facility. Kisii County Police Commander Charles Kases said they had handed over the suspect to the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) for questioning. “A member of the public reported to the police that a woman of Borana origin had been staying in a room at the Black and White Lodging in Kisii Town for the past three weeks,” Mr Kases said.
Kenya's military said on Wednesday that its forces killed six Al Shabaab militants, including a foreign fighter, during an operation in the coastal county of Lamu. The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) said it launched a targeted operation at 1:00 pm local time (1000 GMT) against an active Al Shabaab camp in Kumba, about 10 kilometers west of Pandanguo, near the vast Boni forest where the insurgents hide.
Local sources indicate that on 1 May, a group of suspected al-Shabaab militants attempted a raid on Sangailu Police Station, Garissa County by firing a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) which was followed up by a small arms assault.
At least 13 people were killed after an Improvised Explosive Device went off in Elwak Town, Mandera County. The bomb was laden on a donkey cart when it went off killing the 13, witnesses and police said. This is the second such blast to happen using a donkey cart.
A wanted terror suspect who holed up after being involved in the brutal murder of a police officer and two chiefs in Lamu County in 2019 has been arrested.
Being acquitted of criminal charges by a court would be a great victory for any crime suspect, but not for Marsabit madrasa teacher and cleric Sheikh Guyo Gorsa. Sheikh Gorsa, who was acquitted of terror charges by a Nairobi court in May, is appealing to the state to protect him as he tries to rebuild his life after staying for four and a half years at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.