Kenya: Military Deployed to Crisis Torn Marsabit

14 September 2013

Nairobi — Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku says the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) have been deployed to man the Kenya-Ethiopia border, owing to the increased fighting between the Gabra and Borana communities in Marsabit County.

Lenku told journalists in Nairobi on Saturday that the government would not allow any foreign elements to fuel tension in the volatile area.

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