According to the new Ipsos report, some 69 per cent of Kenyans led by Central and Rift Valley residents (at 82 and 79 per cent respectively) support the government's decision to repatriate the over 600,000 refugees. Updated Sun, July 24th 2016 at 16:43 GMT +3A new report has revealed total backing of the government by Kenyans in its decision to send home all refugees. At the same time, the report has shown that majority of Kenyans (68 per cent) want the government to withdraw its troops from the troubled Somali nation. It added: "These two measures are followed by "enhancing intelligence" (15 per cent), "building a border wall" (10 per cent), and "reducing corruption" (eight per cent)." Of all the eight regions (former provinces) North Eastern residents are however the least supportive with the decision to repatriate refugees (36 per cent) with only 19 per cent approving of the government's deployment of KDF in Somalia.

Source: Standard Digital July 24, 2016 14:03 UTC