23 Apr
2025
23 Apr
'25
2:30 p.m.
The alleged abduction of Safaricom personnel while on duty in Mandera shows the challenges tech workers face while working in volatile and militant-prone regions. Security agencies in Mandera are currently pursuing suspected Al-Shabaab militants following the abduction of a Safaricom technician in the volatile Bamba Ola area, roughly 25 kilometres north of Elwak. https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/northern-kenya/141125/safaricom-technician-abdu... In 2023, Suspected Shabaab terrorists damaged a Safaricom mast in Mandera https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/mandera/suspected-shabaab-terrorists-da... Best Regards, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva