MANDERA (Halbeeg News) – Kenya police have said the militants causing havoc in Mandera county are locals who joined al-Shabaab.
The comment comment comes barely three days after Mandera governor Ali Robe sent desperate call for help to deal with al-Shabaab.
Mr George Seda, the County Police Commander said the fighters attacking major towns and other areas in Mandera county far from the Kenya-Somalia border are radicalised locals who have been sent back with a mission.
“We believe the militants in areas far from our border with Somalia are locals who were recruited, radicalised and have come back to cause mayhem,” he said.
He accused the locals in the county of lack of co-operation saying the main challenge in dealing with the insecurity situation in Mandera could not be solved without help of the locals.
“We need collaborative efforts to fight the common enemy but our security teams are getting scanty information from the locals,” he said.
He said his office has not received any report from any parent of a missing son or daughter who has joined Al-Shabaab despite intelligence reports indicating that the recent happenings in Banisa are by locals trained in Somalia as Shabaab fighters.
“We can win this if the locals report those who have joined the terror group and their return to the society,” he said as he called on the community to volunteer timely information.
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