The government is seeking to open six security roads in Lamu County to boost the restoration of peace and stability in the County prone to Al Shabaab attacks.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said his docket plans to create a cutline in Boni Forest following a spate of violent attacks over perennial terror attacks in the coastal county.
“Some of the problems are being caused by people who have encroached the Boni forest and therefore there must be a cutline just like we have in the Northern region. We say however is in certain coordinate must leave so that we manage security,” said Kindiki.
The CS revealed that some residents have taken advantage of the historical injustice to encroach on Boni Forest, which has become a notorious sanctuary for extremists.
“They are people pretending to do Agriculture but they are right inside Boni Forest and we have discovered that some of them could be harboring criminals,” he said.
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Boni Forest, which borders Somalia, continues to cause security personnel a lot of trouble. Some of the fiercest fights between the military and Al Shabaab have occurred there.
On the Witu-Lamu-Garsen route in Lamu, alleged al-Shabaab terrorists shot and killed a truck driver and his co-driver on Tuesday.
Gabriel Kioni, the deputy county commissioner for Lamu West, verified the event and said the assailants fled.
Between 8.30 and 11 p.m. on Monday, the militants—estimated to be between 30 and 60—ransacked the communities and took goats, solar panels, lamps, televisions, and other household things.
At the beginning of the month, over 60 terrorists affiliated with the al-Shabaab terror group from Somalia targeted civilians in Lamu County, killing two and injuring at least ten others.
