An alarm has been raised after policein Kinango,Kwale County arrested 17 youths in a safe house in Samburu township in allegations that they were being processed to join al-shabab in Somalia.
The suspects included 15 men and two young women aged between 18-27 years.Police acting on intelligence stormed the two-bedroom house at around 12am on Sunday and seized the youths.
Two of the suspects told police they had completed Form Four but could not go to university due to lack of fees. Others are Class Seven dropouts.
A number of citizens have since taken to twitter to decry the major problem leading to Kwale youths being radicalised is the undermining of education in the area that has seen many youths idling around with no job to do.
God! Have you ever been to grammar class???
**Most parents in Kwale county don’t acknowledge education.
**I ha e seen a lot of girls younger than the age of 15…
**Idling with nothing to do..
**They have no discipline.
— Eddie Mwangi (@EddieMmwangi) January 29, 2019
Most parents in Kwale county doesn’t acknowledge education ,I have seen alot of young girls less than age of 15 idling,i have seen young men less than age of ten idling without nothing to do… Discipline it’s also very low…alot of youths here have no future
— Mercy Mutevu (@Babiebianca11) January 29, 2019
Whooping 17 youths reportedly arrested in Samburu Kwale County for allegedly planning to join the nasty militia group Al-shabaab. Ain’t there no way devolution can work for the youth on County levels? Idleness and lack of jobs and opportunities is the main course of all this.
— Kwale Gunner ?? (@Sam_Lulli) January 29, 2019
Do you agree that the government needs to increase education sensitization in the region to curb terror recruitments from the area?