| Updated Sun, June 11th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Prior to the 2013 General Election, Mandera County was so insecure that no public baraza was held for three years. There were gunshots through the night, chiefs and taxi drivers were murdered but no one dared to speak about Al Shabaab. The terror cells would cross from Somalia and steal four-wheel-drive vehicles as many times as they wanted. After six months, the terror cells found out that there was no radio communication, then they attacked. The status quo was disrupted and this became a threat to the terror cells.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2017 20:37 UTC