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Kenya: Protect Kenyans From Somali War Spillover

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One of the biggest national challenges is the rampant insecurity in the northeastern counties of Garissa, Wajir and Mandera. The problem is a spillover from lawless Somalia with bands of armed gangs allied to Al-Shabaab terrorists increasingly attacking police posts, destroying telecommunication masts, ambushing buses and isolating and killing non-locals.

Bearing the brunt of the violence are ordinary Kenyans, who would wish to go about their business unfettered as they fend for their families.

The terrorist attacks have had devastating effects on the education sector, which has been badly disrupted by an exodus by non-local teachers. Local leaders are concerned, aware that the students will sit the same national examinations with others whose learning was not disrupted.

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The consequences of denying an opportunity to these children to learn and fully prepare themselves for examinations will be their failure to access opportunities in future for lacking qualifications, through no fault of their own.

The region has, in the past few weeks, seen heightened insecurity with the Somalia conflict being exported to Mandera Town when Somali government troops pursued the regional Jubaland forces across the border. Mandera Governor Ali Roba has warned about deteriorating security in the border town as Jubaland forces flex their muscles from our territory while the Somali National Army masses troops across the border.