Kenya has been effectively fighting terrorism, the United States of America said in a new global report on terror.<\/p>\n
“Despite Somali refugee issues, preparation for 2013 national elections, the threat of al-Shabaab, and ethnic, political, and economic tensions, the Kenyan government demonstrated persistent political will to secure its borders, apprehend terrorists, and cooperate in regional and international counter-terrorism efforts,” says the US global report on terrorism, issued on Thursday.<\/p>\n
{{The U.S. State Department cites Kenya’s success in disrupting “several large-scale terrorist plots.” Positive mention is also made of Kenyan military operations inside Somalia, which resulted in “capture of the key port city of Kismaayo, al-Shabaab’s last major stronghold.”}}<\/p>\n
The report hails “the long-awaited passage of Kenya\u2019s Prevention of Terrorism Act.” Kenya also made “significant progress” in correcting deficiencies in its apparatus for preventing money-laundering on the part of terrorism financiers, the State Department says.<\/p>\n
But Kenya “still has much work to do” in implementing the Prevention of Terrorism Act and in developing the capacity to “track, seize, and confiscate the assets of al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups,” the report adds.<\/p>\n
It goes on to describe Kenya as “an active law-enforcement partner” in the State Department’s anti-terrorism assistance programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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