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| Nairobi Police boss,Anthony Kibuchi |
Kenyan Police have embarked
on a mission to rid out hawkers from the Nairobi Central Business District
(NCBD) to prevent Al-Shabaab fighters infiltrating them and using their wares
to hide bombs and explosives for attacks.
Revealing this on Monday,
July 30 Nairobi region Police boss Mr. Anthony Kibuchi said that they have information
that Al-Shabaab fighters from Somali and their sympathizers were ready to cause
havoc in the East African economically tiger country using the hawkers.
``We want the hawkers to use
Muthurwa and the other market to do their business as we have gotten
information that Al-Shabaab want to hide explosives and bombs in their wares
and bomb the City``,said Kibuchi flanked by Embakasi Officer Commanding Police
Division (OCPD ) Mr.Akello Odhiambo.
A market about 3 Kilometers
had been set aside for use by Hawkers in Nairobi but they keep on coming to the
City especially in the evening and this may pose a serious security challenge
for the security officers especially now that Kenyan troops are serving in the
African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) battling the terrorist group Al-Shabaab who
are indeed a threat to Kenya which directly neighbors Somalia.
In the recent past Al-Shabaab
has carried out terrorist attacks in the country including Nairobi the Capital City,
Mombasa the second biggest City but more often in towns in North Eastern
Province which borders the nearly ungovernable country that has not seen peace
for almost 21 years.
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