Mandera is safe, says police boss

Mandera police boss Noah Mvivanda has said the county is safe and ready for investments. In an interview with the Star at his Mandera town office yesterday, he said although there are a few incidents of crime, the police have beefed up security in the area.

“We have taken all necessary measures to ensure Mandera is safe for all despite the challenges posed at the porous borders,” Mwivanda said.

He said Mandera is a gateway through which illegal weapons enter into the country from Somalia. “We have a stretch of about 300km in Somali that is so porous with no designated entry points into Kenya; and this makes it easy for traffickers to avoid police dragnets,” Mwivanda said.

He said security agents are facing a challenge from the al Shabaab militia from Somali, and the Oromo Liberation Front from Ethiopia