Security agencies are investigating a woman in Umoja, Nairobi, following reports she sends money to her sons who joined Al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia.
The woman, who runs several businesses in Umoja, is on the radar of security agents after it emerged she uses conduits to remit the money to her sons in Somalia. Kenyan Al Shabaab operatives based in Somalia, among them Ahmed Iman Ali aka Abu Zinira, senior Al Shabaab leader in charge of media propaganda Erick Achayo Ogada aka Ibrahim Ogada and Kennedy Yogan Mwok aka Anwar, have been getting their remittances from stalls they own in Gikomba market.
However, following sustained Government operations inhibiting financing from Majengo and Gikomba stalls, some Kenyan terror operatives based in Somalia are now using their families and relatives as conduits of money transfer to Somalia, police said.