Members of a terror group training.[Photo/pinterest]At least 54 university students have abandoned their studies to join terrorist groups in the past two years.
According to the Standard, the majority of them - 44 - joined the groups last year but this year only 14 have fled.
The decline in the number of terror recruits has been attributed to various counter-terrorism strategies by the Government.
”Most of the successes from current counter-terrorism efforts are largely due to close working relations between security agencies and members of the public who voluntarily share information with security personnel,” says a police report.
The students were among dozens of youths who left the country to join terror groups in countries such as Libya, Somalia, and Syria.
But this trend has declined due to, among others, enhanced security patrols along the Kenya-Somali border and other Kenyan border points.
Additionally, many Kenyan youths are increasingly becoming aware of the futility of joining militant groups such as Al-Shabaab and ISIS, the report says.