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Why government has suspended probe on leaders linked to Lamu terror

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki during a visit at Nyayo House Immigration Department on September 1, 2023, following public outcry over delays in passport application process.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Four Muslim clerics, who are among 19 individuals listed by the Interior Ministry for questioning, turned up at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters in Mombasa.
  • The leaders had been summoned over alleged incitement and inflammatory remarks that was linked to the recent wave of attacks in some villages in the county.


The government has suspended interrogations of community leaders in Lamu who were being investigated for alleged incitement.

Four Muslim clerics, who are among 19 individuals listed by the Interior Ministry for questioning, turned up at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters in Mombasa on Thursday 14 December 2023, but did not record any statements as expected.