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Boni Forest security operation targets 13 villages in Lamu and Garissa

Cabinet Secretary for Interior, Joseph Nkaissery, flanked by among others, his Principal Secretary Dr Nancy Juma, Commander of Defence Forces Samson Mwathethe and Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett addresses the media at Mpeketoni School grounds in Lamu County on Friday ahead of an operation to flash out Al Shaabab Militants around the Boni Forest. PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

MOMBASA: The Northern parts of Lamu and southern Garissa County is now a security one and a multiagency security team operation to flush out Al Shabaab remnants believed to be hiding in the expansive Boni forest.

Friday Interior Ministry Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaisserry said he has gazetted 13 villages and the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) joined by police units moved in pacify the area in one of the biggest internal security operation to combat the Al Shabaab fighters.

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