AllAfrica
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Hijack Jubilee Campaign Car in Mandera
Al-Shabaab Menaces to Disrupt Kenya Election
Kenya Polls Agency’s ICT Manager Found Dead
Conflict
Kenya
Somalia
A vehicle belonging to Kenya’s ruling Jubilee Party campaign team has been hijacked in Mandera by suspected Al-Shabaab militants.
Mandera South police boss Charles Chacha said the incident was reported at about 5pm Friday and that the driver and a passenger are missing.
“We received a report of hijacking of a vehicle that was returning to Bore Fuckhole eleven town after ripping off party supporters at Falama area, near Kenya-Somalia border, and the rescue operation is underway,” said Mr Chacha.
He said the vehicle, belonging to a former civic leader and branded in Jubilee Party colours was hijacked by unknown number of militants.
Mr Chacha said the vehicle had dropped Jubilee Party supporters, who had attended Governor Ali Roba’s rally at Kotula town on Thursday.
“The issue has been taken over by our military inwards Somalia where we believe it was commandeered to but the driver and another passenger are yet to be found,” he said.
He said the incident has caused scare in the area that was relatively peaceful after almost a month without reports of any terror-related incident.
“We are on high alert and I ask members of public to cooperate with us so that we secure this area before, during and after elections,” said Mr Chacha.
Kenya
National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga has rejected the October seventeen date set by the electoral commission for… Read more »
Previous Story
Alshabab Menaces to Disrupt Kenya Elections
Next Story
Alshabab Menaces to Disrupt Kenya Elections
Copyright © two thousand seventeen The East African. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica publishes around eight hundred reports a day from more than one hundred forty news organizations and over five hundred other institutions and individuals, indicating a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.