Barely a week after politicians from North Eastern region vowed to
reveal the names of those funding Al Shabaab terror activities in Kenya and
their sympathizers, it has now emerged that among those in the list are
politicians, both current and former, and influential business people.
Intelligence sources have identified
the suspected politicians drawn from both Jubilee and CORD as 2 Senators and 5
MPs. 2 of the MPs serve in the current 11th Parliament
while three are former MPs.
One of the Senators is from North
Eastern while the other is a vocal Senator from Coast.
On the other hand, one of the two
sitting MPs financing terror is from Garissa County while the other is from
Wajir. The three former MPs are from Garissa, Mandera and Wajir Counties.
According to the source, the said
politicians are usually very vocal on human rights of suspected Al Shabaab
terrorists and say very little on the fate of the victims. They often hold Press
Conferences and appear in talk shows attacking and vilifying the Government for
targeting Muslims in the war on terror as well as call for the withdrawal of KDF
from Somalia.
Some of them have even gone to the
extent of hoodwinking the Government to negotiate with Al Shabaab and seek
truce with the terror group.
“In the current and former Parliamentary
settings, we know the militia has two crusaders in the Senate and five in the
National Assembly. During the last (10th) Parliament, the group had seven
legislators owing allegiance to it. One Senator is an avowed supporter of the
group which today has adherents even in the legal fraternity,” said the intelligence
source.
The militant group has also well
connected NGOs and business people who fund their terror activities in the
country and some even offer them legal services as their lawyers.
The new development comes even as the Government
has frozen the accounts of 85 businesses and individuals suspected to have
links with the Al Shabaab.
More revelations to follow…
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