You’re hypocrites, Al-Shabaab told
What you need to know:
- He told a Madaraka Day rally in Wajir Town that the time had come for the residents of northern Kenya to confront the terrorists.
- He said it was a pity that schools were being closed, others merged and students forced to drop subjects because Al-Shabaab had succeeded in instilling fear.
- He said claims of extrajudicial killings were disturbing in a region where atrocities such as the Wagalla massacre committed by security agents in 1984 were fresh in people’s minds.
Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi has dismissed Al-Shabaab as hypocrites who target people for not being Muslims in Kenya while killing followers of the faith in Somalia.
He told a Madaraka Day rally in Wajir Town that the time had come for the residents of northern Kenya to confront the terrorists.
“Here, they are killing men and women who are teaching our children and treating our sick for being Christians, yet in Somalia they kill Muslims,” he told the well-attended rally.
“They are cold-blooded hypocrites.”
He asked residents to “confront the terror organisation with our hearts, hands, minds and wealth and defeat their evil machinations that have seen teachers and health workers from other parts of the country flee for their lives”.
He said it was a pity that schools were being closed, others merged and students forced to drop subjects because Al-Shabaab had succeeded in instilling fear.
The governor lauded security forces deployed to the region for doing a commendable job and urged the public to continue sharing information with security agencies.
However, he asked the security officers to observe professionalism and adhere to the rule of law.
He said claims of extrajudicial killings were disturbing in a region where atrocities such as the Wagalla massacre committed by security agents in 1984 were fresh in people’s minds.
“We do not want situations that will make our people cringe at security personnel as perpetrators of terror.”
He said the region’s leaders had agreed on measures aimed at improving security in northern Kenya.
