Interior and Coordination of National Government Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i has said Kenya did not suffer casualties in yesterday's Manda attack.
Speaking at his office, Matiang'i said the attackers were dealt with, adding that none of them left alive.
He affirmed the government's commitment to fight terror, adding that security forces have managed to reduce response time to terror attacks to under an hour.
The CS, however, regretted that other nations and world super powers had refused to categorise Al-Shabaab as a terror group.
“Monica and I were in the US and we have tried to persuade our friends that these criminals must be classified as terrorists...that way, we would be able to decimate this group,” Matiang'i said as quoted by the Star.
Meanwhile, a United States Senator indicated that both America and Kenya suffered casualties during the attack.
"I am saddened to learn that American and Kenyan lives were lost during a heinous terrorist attack on a Kenya-US operating base early this morning. The US-Kenya partnership remains strong in the fight against al-Shabaab and global terrorism, " the US senator said.