The Kenyan army received intelligence on Friday's attack but bosses did not make use of it, a soldier at the base has said. The Kenya Defence Forces has denied claims that scores died after al Shabaab militants attacked its base in Kulbiyow, Somalia, at dawn. Read more: Dozens feared dead as al Shabaab seizes KDF base in SomaliaThe soldier, who spoke to the Star on condition of anonymity, said al Shabaab were scheduled to attack the base on January 15. "They wanted to celebrate one year since the El Adde attack." Some of them may have joined al Shabaab," he said, noting that members of the terror group are not ordinary fighters.

Source: The Star January 27, 2017 14:38 UTC