Thursday May 12, 2016

The Somali National Army (SNA) on Wednesday held a security meeting with the Kenyan security team and handed over weapons that werediscovered Tuesday in Bulla Hawa, Somalia, after intelligence reports.

he delegation, led by Jubaland Commander DC Bulla Hawa and senior security officials from lower Juba region, met their Kenyan counterparts at the Kenya-Somalia border to hand over the assortment of weapons believed to be used to attack Kenyans.

TheManderasecurity team was headed by the County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia, OC Kenya Defence Force, OC GSU, OC RBPU, OCPD and other heads of the security departments.

Speaking at the hand-over, Shisia congratulated their Somali counterpart and urged them for their support in all situations.

ManderaCounty has suffered a spate of terror attacks in the past. However,in recent months security has improved.

For the past two years, attacks using IEDs have been on the rise.Mandera Governor Ali Roba has in the past been attacked.

The Somali officials asked Kenya for more support since terror is a common enemy.