Criminals in Kenya Demand Sh150 Million Ransom to Release Two Abducted Cuban Doctors
Criminals who abducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera County last month are reportedly demanding Sh150 million ransom.
The demand was communicated through Mandera County community elders who traveled to a remote village located between the towns of Buale and El-Ade in Jubaland region of Somalia, Citizen Digital reports.
The two medics Herera Corea (general practitioner) and Landy Rodriguez (surgeon) are reported to have been seen alive.
Community elders from Mandera and Bulahawo were assured that the two foreigners, who were kidnapped on April 12th, are alive and offering medical services to the community in a restricted environment.
The two were abducted on their way to work from home in Mandera town by armed gunmen suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants.
Kenyan authorities have reportedly sent back the elders to further negotiate the ransom.
The abduction led to the withdrawal of Cuban doctors deployed in Wajir, Garissa and Tana River. They have since been reassigned other counties.
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What happened to the drone…
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What happened to the drone surveillance by the UN and US backed teams on the ground? Why can't the emissaries be tracked? Ask our friends from Israel to take up the rescue mission and train us a long the way. It bad to seem helpless. Negotiating is a buying time tac and we should maximize on it as we ready our teams. It should be pay back time for what they did to our soldiers. My two cents
@M.M. Mosoti That’s only for…
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@M.M. Mosoti
That’s only for digging up resources and stealing them.
They are treating people in…
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They are treating people in Jubaland.
They are lucky Fidel Castro…
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They are lucky Fidel Castro is dead
Suluhisho: Majeshi ya Kenya…
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Suluhisho:
Majeshi ya Kenya yaondoke katika nchi ya Somalia na wafuasi wote wa Al Shabaab warudi katika nchi yao ya Somalis na kujenga nchi yao.
Go back to Cuba. Kenya…
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Go back to Cuba. Kenya trains enough doctors. The boy in statehouse is clueless and feckless. How do you import doctors from another third world country. That is admiting Kenya is a failed country. For the same perks you can get Kenya doctors. Pombe tu!!
@Imara it's not as simple as…
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@Imara it's not as simple as that. Kumbuka wengi wa magaidi Hawa ni raia wa Kenya. Are you suggesting that Kenya surrender the whole of North Eastern and Eastleigh in Nairobi? Nilidhani wewe ni mzaledo bwana.
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