Report: Al-Shabaab now recruiting women in Rift Valley, Western

Bullet riddled Kapenguria Police Station in West Pokot after constable Abdi Maslah turned against his colleagues last month. Al Shabaab is now recruiting youth from ‘non traditional areas’ in the country. [PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD]

NAIROBI: A new report has warned that Al-Shabaab is recruiting youth in the Rift Valley and Western counties.

The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (Igad) report released last Tuesday showed that the militant group has also changed the pattern of recruitment and radicalisation.