NAIROBI—The national intelligence service is aware of university students who have been recruited by regional militant groups like Al Shabab and are reportedly receiving monthly salaries.
Speaking at the University of Nairobi Thursday, the director of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Mr Isaac Ochieng has warned that the rate at which the students were getting recruited was alarming.
“There is increased recruitment, training and indoctrination of the youth into terrorism cells. These terror groups are now targeting brilliant youths to recruit,” he said.
He added that the National Security Intelligence Service were aware of the vindictive programme, terming the situation as “bad’’.
When asked why the government was sitting on the intelligence if it was true, Mr. Ochieng said the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) would strike when the time was ripe.
The revelation comes after it emerged that one of the militants who carried out the deadly Garissa University attack where at 150 people were killed, was a former students of Law at Nairobi University.
