State yet to establish motive for deadly December Lamu attacks

Lamu governor Issa Timmamy with Coast regional commissioner John Elungata with security team at Taa village in Witu ward on Tuesday where two people were killed a house belonging to a national police reservist was torched. [Jane Mugambi, Standard]

The motive of three brazen attacks in Lamu during Christmas and New Year holidays that left four people dead remains a mystery, with security officers giving conflicting accounts.

Documented police reports blame Al Shabaab, but top security agents like outgoing Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia link the attacks to festering land rows in the area.