The government has vehemently denied claims that the Al-Shabaab militia who are fighting to topple the transitional government in Somalia have issued fresh threats to invade Kenya.
Ijara District Commissioner Karung'o Kamau said that no such formal warning had been received by the security forces deployed along the border with the volatile country.
Addressing the press in his office on the deteriorating security situation in Somalia, Kamau nonetheless said refugees fleeing from the war torn country had reported that the militia were still threatening to invade the North eastern province.
He said Kenya's security forces along the common border were on high alert to deal with any threat from the militia.
Ijara Officer Commanding Police Division Rems Warui maintained that security forces were continuing with surveillance along the border besides maintaining law and order.
Intelligence officers who attended the press briefing also confirmed that there was no cause for alarm as no group has been seen encroaching on Kenyan territory.
A large number of rebel fighters are said to have moved from Kolobiyo, a few kilometres from Hulugho area to beef up the final onslaught on Mogadishu by the Al Shabaab militia.
The area was recently thrust into the limelight when a military chopper on surveillance mission crash-landed at Hulugho military camp.
A section of the media claimed that the plane had been shot down by the Al Shabaab militia who have been quoted as threatening to invade the country and annex the North eastern province.
Meanwhile the US Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger is calling for an urgent deployment of AU troops to Somalia to save the fragile Transitional Federal Government from being overthrown by Islamic insurgents.
Ranneberger said time was running out and African countries should act now to ensure stability returns to the war torn country.
Speaking in Mombasa after opening a military training centre Ranneberger said the US government fully support President Ahmed Shariff's TFG government.
Fierce fighting in Somalia has seen the transitional government send out an appeal to African governments including Kenya to send military aid to the country to restore stability.
Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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