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Foiled city terror attack testimony that community policing is crucial

Mohammed Osman Nane (right) and AbdMjait Hassan Adan at a Milimani court on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, when they were found guilty of being members of terror group Al Shabaab. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The thwarting of a planned assault against Nairobi conceived in El-Adde was so much thanks to an alert by community members and the swiftness of the police.

Security sector actors are now calling for the full revival of Nyumba Kumi; an initiative birthed in 2013 but was not fully pursued and grant it the force of law.

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