More than 4,000 Somali youths living in Mombasa and other Coast counties cannot register to voter as they lack IDs. Officials of the Mombasa Somali Community aired this and other grievances in a closed-door meeting with Coast regional coordinator Nelson Marwa on Saturday. The officials also complained that Somalis were facing discrimination in the war on terrorism, and that this was affecting their acquisition of IDs. “Thousands of youths in Mombasa and elsewhere in the country have suffered atrocities because of the drugs business. Also read: Somalis tell Duale to keep off Mombasa politics, back Joho

Source: The Star February 12, 2017 08:54 UTC