The most recent attack by al-Shabaab was in January 2020 in Manda Bay camp, in Lamu, southern Kenya, where they killed three American servicemen. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
After withdrawing its troops from Somalia, the United States said al-Shabaab’s capability to carry out full-scale attacks in Kenya have been significantly degraded.
John Godfrey, acting co-ordinator for Counter-Terrorism and acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS said at a webinar on March 11, that the US in collaboration with Kenya had made progress in thwarting al-Shabaab’s ability to plan and execute attacks on Kenyan soil.
