Publication: The Impact of Al-Shabab Terror Activities on Kenya-Somalia Boarder Security: A Case of Wajir County
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2022
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International Journal of Science and Research
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Terrorism and terrorist activities continue to threaten national, boarder and international security not only in the region but
also globally. The study is aimed at determining the impact of Al-shabab terror activities in Kenya and Somalia. The objective of the
study was to establish how informal militant administration, insurgent road side bomb attacks, suicidal attacks and disruption of
government operations affect the Kenya –Somali Boarder Security. The study applied the Constructivist Model of Radicalization and
The 3N theory of radicalization to understand the concept of radicalization that explains the Alsh-baba terrorist activities. The
researcher adapted a descriptive research design as there are variables which cannot be quantified but can only be described in
descriptive statistics. The study population is 74 respondents that included the government of Kenya and Federal Government of
Somalia officials at the border towns, the Kenyan and Somalia Police at the Boarder and the Public Administration at the border towns
of Kenya - Somalia, boarder immigration staff and the members of joint security committee (Kenya). The study sample was derived from
the target population through Slovin’s (2006) formula for sample determination. Stratified sampling method was applied by the study
and was select 63 out of 74 targeted respondents. Primary data were the main data used by the study and was collected through the
administering of questionnaire to the respondents. Quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and used mean, mode
and standard deviation. Quantitative statistics was analyzed through inferential statistics that included Pearson correlation analysis and
multiple regression analysis. This helped to draw conclusion on the relations between variables and the nature of relationship. Statistical
Packages for Social Science (SPSS 23) was used to analyze the collected data while tables, charts and percentages graphs was used for
data presentation through the help of Microsoft Excel package. The results from a multiple regression model used in the study indicated
that Al-shabab terror activities factors significantly (P<0.000) affected Kenya-Somalia boarder security in Wajir County and that
insecurity at the border towns along Kenya-Somalia can be attributed to Al-shabab terror activities. The study recommended that there
is need for psychological and theoretical approach to Alshab attacks as it is related radicalization which is as a results of major
invalidation of an individual’s construing, there is also need of tightening security loopholes that continue to be taken advantage of by
the Alshabab and that there is need for both governments to have a collective policy approach in dealing with Alshaba in the border
towns of the two countries.