Al Shabaab millitants.[photo/voa]
The government has a list of 35 individuals from Mandera recruited by Al-Shabaab.
According to government, the individuals are meant to aid the Somali-based terror group in carrying out attacks in Kenya.
North Eastern Regional Commissioner Mohamud Saleh has said that the individuals well known to the locals have raised families in Kenya and they cross into the country and return to Somalia at will.
Saleh made the revelations while addressing peace committee elders from six sub-counties of Mandera County in Mandera town.
He said that unless leaders from the area are ready to expose and condemn the group, the war against terrorism and specifically Al-Shabaab, will never be won.
“We must be honest with ourselves here. Unless you leaders come out and take the lead in restoring and maintaining security in Mandera, the region will never recover from insecurity,” Saleh told the elders.