In a major setback to voter registration, al Shabaab militants yesterday stole four BVR kits after they attacked the Arabia police camp in Mandera East. IEBC media and communications Manager Andrew Limo said the information contained in the BVR kits is encrypted and not accessible to anyone other than commission. The al Shabaab fighters are suspected to have come from Somalia. We need to be patriotic and stop this habit of being in a rush to write things we are not sure about.”The camp is 30km from Mandera town. A senior security officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attackers stole the guns from the armoury.

Source: The Star February 02, 2017 23:48 UTC