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Kenya’s threatened lodges to remain open
Kenya is taking fresh measures to increase security for tourists staying close to the Kenya-Somali border.
Two female tourists have been kidnapped near Lamu, on the Kenya coast, raising concern that Somali criminal groups may have found a new soft target. Retired French journalist Marie Dedieu was seized Saturday.
In September, British publisher David Tebbutt was killed and his wife was kidnapped and remains at large after Somali pirates entered their exclusive resort, Kiwayu Safari Village, which lies close to the border with Somalia.
The government said it is working hard to restore security and the popularity of Lamu. New measures will include:
1. All accommodation facilities; hotels, lodges, villas/quest houses will be grouped in blocks and assigned police officers for a 24- hour patrol.
2. The government has deployed more police officers along the Somali-Kenya border and equipped them with new patrol vehicles.
3. The Somali-Kenya border remains closed and vessels entering the country will be subjected to maximum security checks.
4. A police helicopter will provide 24-hour aerial surveillance along the shoreline within the Kenya -Somali border.
The government said that hotels and lodges in the affected areas would remain open “with assurance of maximum securityâ€.
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