Somali intelligence officials told Reuters they usually received little information from Kenya. A former senior Somali intelligence official conceded that information sharing "is not always systematic" and often depends on personal relationships between officials. But they also make al Shabaab vulnerable to infiltration - by foreign intelligence agencies and the group's Islamic State rivals. So these recruits are usually earmarked for suicide missions, the Somali intelligence official told Reuters. A senior Somali intelligence official said his agency passed on a warning about a pending attack in Kenya in late November.

Source: The Star January 31, 2019 14:26 UTC