A KDF soldier on duty. [Photo/goobjoogNews]
The government has been asked to constitute an elite special unit drawn from various security agencies to hunt down and combat members of the Al Shabaab militant group operating in the country.
Garissa township Wiper parliamentary nominee Farah Maalim says targeted rather than conventional warfare will be the only solution in finally slaying the ghost of terror cells operating within the country’s borders.
The nature of attacks orchestrated by rag tag Militia Al shaabab continues to change in form and dynamics as witnessed in recent attacks targeting security agents where members of the group have been planting explosives along operational routes.
Maalim is proposing the inclusion of local pastoralist’s community in efforts to infiltrate the militia in the remote of places within the country.
About 20 security officers have lost their lives in recent weeks after their vehicles were blown off by improvised explosive devices planted by the road side in Mandera, Garissa and Lamu counties.