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Implications of Kenyan al Shabaab recruits defecting from the militia to return home
Monday, November 23, 2015
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Hundreds of Kenyan youth lured into Somalia to train as al Shabaab militia, continue to defect from the group and return home, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said.
The CS has attributed the influx of returnees to the amnesty announced by the government in April.
Nkaissery was not specific on the actual number of returnees, but a recent report quoted a figure of at least 700 youth who have defected from the militants and returned home.
The report was produced by the International Organisation of Migration, the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims and the Interior ministry.
“The amnesty call is doing very well. We continue to receive and integrate them into the society,” Nkaissery said.
The Star Newspaper's Investigative and Crimes writer Dominic Wabala disects the issues surronding the return of Kenyans possibly exposed to violent extemism and what the implications are the the country's security.
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