Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said the government plans to construct six roads around Boni Forest to address increasing terror attacks in the area.
He said the government will also closely monitor locals around the forest accusing a section of them of aiding and abetting terrorism.
This as the security situation in Lamu County, especially along the Lamu – Witu – Garsen road continues to worsen with terror attacks on the rise in the recent past.
The latest happened Thursday when suspected militants attempted to ambush and attack around 300 IDPs taking shelter in Juhudi Primary School.
Security personnel manning the camp however repulsed the attackers.
“We are going to open up six security roads in Lamu immediately,” Kindiki told MPs.
The roads are expected to ease the mobility of security personnel who are also expected to set up camps in different locations within the vast Boni Forest.
He said the government will set prohibited zones within Boni Forest to lock encroachers out even as he cracks down on al-Shabaab sympathizers.
“Even right now, there are people pretending to be in the forest for agricultural reasons but we have discovered that they are aiding and abetting terrorism as they take advantage of historical land injustices,” added the CS.
Incidents of attacks by militants in the Coastal county have been on the rise in recent weeks.
Last Tuesday, two people were killed in an attack near the Lango la Simba area on the Lamu – Witu – Garsen road.
Up to ten houses were also burned in the area.
The area near the border with Somalia has suffered a series of terrorist attacks.
The state has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Salama, Juhudi, Widho Marafa, Mashogoni, and Ukumbi in Lamu West.
The terrorists have been attacking places near the Kenyan border by using guns and explosives leaving dozens dead and many injured.
The recent attacks have forced the government to suspend plans to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border.
