Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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The Kenyan police on Wednesday released a photo of a woman they believe has crucial information on activities of suspected Al-Shabaab militants and urged the public to help in tracing her.Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said Natalie Faye whose passport shows she is South African has entered into the country twice and is believed to be in the country in the company of her three children, a girl and two boys.
"Kenya Police has cause to believe that the said Natalie Faye has information regarding some suspects connected to the Al- Shabaab," Kiraithe said in a statement released in Nairobi.
"The said Natalie Fayed is therefore required to report to the nearest Police Station or police officer.
"Any person who may have information on her whereabouts is requested to offer this information to police," Kiraithe said.
The latest development on Al-Shabaab comes barely a week after the police released two photographs of Kenyans and called on citizens to assist with the information that may lead to the arrest of Sylvester Owino Opiyo alias Musa Osodo and Hussein Nderitu Abbas alias Mohamed.
Kiraithe said then that both suspects have cases pending in courts having been arrested in March and August.
However, the two suspects were released from custody on Tuesday and ordered to report to the country’s anti-terrorism police on Friday for further questioning.
On Wednesday, Kiraithe said Faye, whose South African passport number is A 01524783, entered the east African nation through Lunga border crossing on the Feb. 26 and again on Aug. 25 through Namanga near the border with Tanzania.
"She is believed to be in the country traveling in the company of her three children one girl and two boys.
"The girl is approximately ten years while the boys are about 8 and 5 respectively," Kiraithe said.
According to Kiraithe, the Kenya police cannot "vouch for the genuineness of all the information in the passport."
There has been heightened security around the country with security agencies at an unprecedented state of alert amid the latest reports that Al-Shabaab have planned attacks against Kenya and U.S. interests in the country.
The Kenya Defence Forces and Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government troops have also intensified their operations in southern Somalia with military air strikes this week targeted at Al Shabaab strongholds in Kismayo in Lower Juba region.
The authorities had also called on Kenyans to be on high alert and partner with the security enforcers by reporting any suspicious people to the police.
Kenyan officials blame the Al-Shabaab insurgents or their sympathizers for the bombings and shootings, although armed bandits also operate in the border areas