He was among 74 returnees that had joined the Kenya Counter Violence Extremism programme and become parts of the agents helping in dealing with terrorism in the country. The Kenya government Counter Violence Extremism programme in Kwale in south coast is in a limbo following the growing mistrust among al Shabab returnees and the security agents in the region, the Star can report. According to government, there are over 1,500 al Shabab returnees in the country and quite a bigger number surrendered to the State Amnesty Programme announced last year. This comes just few weeks after the killing of three nyumba kumi officials and one reformed al Shabab returnee in Bongwe area Kwale. Mwangole, who was an al Shabab returnee, had gone to Somali in 2008 and trained with the militia group before returning to Kenya the following year.

Source: The Star June 30, 2016 01:07 UTC