State steps up Somalia border surveillance

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki (left) and his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Ali during a presser on cross border engagement between the two countries on May 15,2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The government has enhanced surveillance along the border with Somalia to curtail infiltration of the outlawed Al-Shabaab terror group.

North Eastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno said security agencies have adopted community engagements and information sharing at the grassroots to stop the insurgents from seeking refuge in Kenya amid crushing pressure from the Somalia side.