Tailor arrested with military uniform, police suspect he supplied Al Shabaab

KDF soldiers in uniforms similar to what was recovered form a tailor in Wajir. [PHOTO: FILE STANDARD]

WAJIR COUNTY: A tailor in Wajir has been arrested with dozens of security and provincial administration personnel uniforms.

The uniforms which included military jungles, that of a regular and administration police and chief’s ceremonial uniforms were found stashed in huge carton at the tailor’s shop by military intelligent officers, who has been doing months of investigation on source of security clothing found used by criminals.

Confirming the incident, Wajir County Commissioner Naftali Mung’athia said they suspect the uniform was been sold to members of Al-Shabaab militia and that of armed clan militia currently engaged in inter-clan warfare in Wajir and Mandera County at an exorbitant price.

He said “Criminals gang like Al-Shabaab and clan militia prefer using our security officers, when committing their criminal activities against innocent people because it camouflage them from been suspected as they will be passing as security personnel in eyes of many”

“Our security uniforms are usually highly protected to avoid from criminals get access to them and we are wondering how and where did the tailor get such huge consignments of the security uniform” he equipped.

Mung’athia said several officers including Wajir officer commanding station (OCS), are recording statements to assistance in the investigations since they were mentioned by the tailor as those he was making the uniform for or been the source.

“We have established a consignment of 15 newly made jungle uniform was already dispatched today (Monday) and we are following some leads to establish who were the recipients of the delivered uniform” he noted.

The County Commissioner said they highly suspect, the uniforms were going to wrong hands of criminals adding that, three clan militia who were among those who raided Gunana village and killed last week were found to be in a full police uniform an indication that, they were being supplied from the tailor’s shop.