Monday August 7, 2017
IG Joseph Boinnet inspecting the Kenya Somali boarder 'wall'. /COURTESY FILEGARISSA (Xinhua) -- Kenyan authorities said on Monday that they have deployed adequate security forces along the border with Somalia to ward off threats from Al-Shabaab insurgents ahead of Tuesday’s elections.Northeastern Regional Commissioner Mohamud Saleh told journalists in Garissa that the security arrangement will involve all security agencies and military who will enhance border patrols before and after the elections.Saleh said that security is aware that Al-Shabaab might want to sabotage the elections as this has been their trend whenever the country is carrying out a major national event."The Al-Shabaab are known to take advantage of the slightest opportunity presented to them to disrupt the elections and being a national exercise we are not taking chances to ensure that the exercise goes on smoothly," Saleh said.