Kenya’s Boni forest declared as dangerous and disturbed

A military chopper takes a short rest at Mpeketoni School grounds in Lamu County in June after patrols around the vast Boni Forest. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

Lamu, Kenya: Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett has issued a Gazette Notice declaring the expansive Boni Forest in Kenya’s volatile coastal region as a “disturbed and dangerous area” paving way for a legal security operations to rid the area of Al Shabaab militants thought to be using it as a base for their bloody operations.

“The Inspector General of Police notifies the general public that all inhabitants of the area are prohibited to carry or possess any arms or ammunitions,” reads part of the Gazette Notice dated September 3, 2015.