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Kenyan police intensify crackdown on OLA amid harassment fears

National Police Service Spokesperson, Michael Muchiri, addressing the media in Marsabit county, during a media tour to showcase the successes of the Ondoa Jangili operation to flush out the remnants of the Oromo Liberation Army. [Courtesy]

Police have intensified the crackdown against members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in Marsabit and Isiolo. This is amid reports that the Ethiopian renegade gang was threatening Kenyans it suspects of spying on them.

It also emerged that some members who have ditched OLA are living in fear and have sought refuge in Nairobi.

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