President Uhuru Kenyatta meets UN Security Council on Daadab closure

President Uhuru Kenyatta with members of the United Nations Security Council when they called on him at State House, Nairobi on 29th May, 2016

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday told a United Nations Security Council team that the Government’s decision to close the Dadaab refugee camp was as a result of national security concerns.

During a meeting a State House, the President and the UN team discussed the African Union Mission to Somalia, where troops contributed by Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone are fighting the Al Shabaab militia.