At least 300 civilians have been killed while hundreds of others left nursing injuries in more than twenty attacks that the Al-Shabaab terrorist group has conducted in Kenya and along the border counties of Garissa, Mandera and Wajir in the last five years. 

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Many questions have emerged as to why the country is an easy target for the assailants.

According to Aljazeera,  Kenya is a target for a number of reasons;

Firstly, Kenya is being attacked following a decision the government made in sending her troops, backed by Somali soldiers to battle the Al-Shabaab out of the several towns it controls in the war-torn country of Somalia. 

This is according to Al-Shabab's spokesperson Sheikh Ali Dheere.

"They invaded the Muslim land of Somalia ... It's our duty to take revenge," Al-Shabab's spokesperson Sheikh Ali Dheere told Aljazeera.

Secondly, Kenya is facing a number of vulnerabilities as corruption and cases of an unaddressed history of marginalising populations, particularly in the North Eastern region where youths become prone to radicalisation.

"I think the reason Kenya is hit more often is that it has greater vulnerabilities - more corruption and unaddressed history of marginalising populations particularly in the northeast and on the coast," says Patrick Gathara.