Eighteen Administration Police (AP) officers have been killed in the line of duty on the border of Kenya and Somalia in the last one week. This brings to question the suitability of the equipment, training and deployment of security officers in the country.
Seventeen of the officers were killed in terror related attacks, making this the largest number of police officers killed by Al Shabaab in one week along the volatile border since the 2011 incursion into Somalia. One officer was killed by bandits in West Pokot County.