Garissa Governor Nathif Jama has threatened to sue the Interior ministry for allegedly delaying the removal of Kenyans from the refugee database and issuing them IDs. Government records indicate about 30,000 Kenyans at the Dadaaab refugee camp have their fingerprints captured by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Jama on Wednesday told Dadaab residents the Interior ministry has failed to act on residents’ pleas. On Tuesday, UNHCR country deputy representative Wella Kouyou said more than 24,000 Somali refugees at the Dadaab camp have returned home. The government has announced the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp by the end of November for allegedly being a “terrorists breeding ground”.

Source: The Star August 26, 2016 02:03 UTC