Police Spokesman Charles Owino on Friday confirmed that the gunmen suspected to be Al Shabaab had crossed the border into Somalia with the doctors. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma confirmed security agencies were engaged in the search-and-rescue mission to ensure the doctors’ safe return. They were yet to get their own cars and relied on hospital drivers and vehicles, which they had complained delayed their movement. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union secretary-general Ouma Oluga condemned the incident. The abducted doctors are among 110 specialists sent from Cuba in June 2018 to improve the quality of medical services in rural areas.

Source: Daily Nation April 13, 2019 07:52 UTC