MANDERA (Halbeeg News) – Mandera County governor Mohamed Khalif has urged the residents to help his government to secure the county which shares borders with Somalia.
The governor reiterated that the fight against Al-Shabaab will only be successful if proper structures and coordination are put in place among all residents.
Khalif who was a joint consultative meeting with his counterpart governors of Wajir, Garissa and Lamu as well as security agencies, urged citizens to actively share information to combat these security threats.
The meeting, themed “Rethinking Security Approaches,” comes at a crucial time when these borderland counties are aligning with national security efforts to implement development programmes.
Governor Ahmed Abdullahi of Wajir on his part urged residents to follow the example of what is happening in Somalia and take responsibility for driving out these militants themselves.
During the meeting, the leaders emphasised the importance of providing human rights compliance training to security personnel to minimise violations of human rights in their operations.
The initiative stemmed from discussions among political leaders about common security concerns in the region.
They recognised that the four counties, due to their proximity to Somalia, face heightened insecurity from the terror group Al-Shabaab.
Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliated group in Somalia has been carrying out deadly attacks in the counties near Kenya’s border with Somalia since 2011 when Kenya sent its military to the horn of Africa nation.
Hundreds of locals and non-locals were killed al-Shabaab’s attacks in Kenya.
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