"Njoka said the suspects, who include Kenyans, Ugandans, Congolese,
Eritreans, South Sudanese and Somalis, are confined at Kasarani Stadium in
the capital Nairobi, but at night they are moved to various police
stations."
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Kenya holds 3000 suspects, sends 69 to court
By Magdalene Mukami, Wednesday, April 09, 2014
NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities have detained over 3000 people since the
launch of a majority security operation last week, including 69 who have
already been sent to court, according to a senior government official.
"We have on our hands over 3000 [people] who are confined," Assistant
Interior Cabinet Secretary Mwendwa Njoka told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.
"They are among the people who have been arrested when the operation
started last week," he explained.
"The operation started in Eastleigh. That was the main place of focus,"
Njoka said, referring to a mostly Somali district of Nairobi.
"A significant number of them are from that area, [but] they are not only
Somalis or Muslims; they are people from different denominations, ethnicity
and nationalities," added the government official.
Njoka said the suspects, who include Kenyans, Ugandans, Congolese,
Eritreans, South Sudanese and Somalis, are confined at Kasarani Stadium in
the capital Nairobi, but at night they are moved to various police stations.
He added that 447 people are being interrogated and screened before being
referred to court.
"As of now 69 have been taken to court; others are set to be deported,"
Njoka said.
Kenyan authorities launched a massive operation to restore security after a
recent spate of attacks in capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa.
A directive issued by Kenyan authorities two weeks ago asked all refugees
in urban centers - estimated to number nearly 50,000 - to relocate to two
designated refugee camps in the mostly arid northern areas of Dadaab and
Kakuma.
Kenya shelters close to 800,000 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan,
Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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