December 3, 2015 00:11 KTN News
By Ali Abdi
The military has joined the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) in a new initiative to contain runaway human trafficking from Ethiopia. The soldiers from the School of Infantry have been deployed to the Isiolo-Nairobi road in what security sources said was aimed at arresting foreigners being trafficked through the country by cartels based in Kenya. The cartels operate from Moyale, Marsabit, Laisamis, Isiolo and Nairobi. Last week, the Government directed that key Kenyan cartels involved in the multi-million-shilling human smuggling ring be arrested. To smuggle a person between Moyale and Nairobi costs an average of Sh50,000 according to sources within Government. Over the last one week, more than 1,000 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia have been arrested along the Isiolo-Moyale road. Over 200 were repatriated.
Source = Standard DigitalMedia
Source = Standard DigitalMedia