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Security forces make contact with abducted chiefs

President William Ruto opens the Jitume Digital Hub at Mandera TVET, and Mandera KMTC on his first day of a four-day visit to North Eastern Kenya

The fate of five chiefs abducted on Monday by Al-Shabaab militia remained unknown even as President William Ruto vowed to ensure they are rescued alive.

The chiefs were taken into captivity in Somalia where elders from both sides of the boarder were engaged in the hope that they can reach out to the militants who live among local communities.

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