Kenyan residents complain of border aggression

Kenyan residents of the northern border towns of Moyale, Isiolo and Marsabit have appealed for protection against alleged aggression by the Ethiopian government, the Kenyan 'Daily Nation' reported. An opposition spokesman, Mr Abdullahi Galgalo, claimed Ethiopia is targeting local Borana people whom it accuses of harbouring the rebel Oromo Liberation Front. A former Kenyan administration police officer was quoted by the newspaper as saying there was a grenade attack on his Moyale home after he
appeared before the Moyale District Security Committee last month to complain. Others who appeared have allegedly been kidnapped or killed. There have been reports of OLF activity in the northern Kenyan border area since the movement left the Ethiopian coalition government in 1993, and local officials have blamed the OLF for recent mine explosions on Kenyan
border roads. There have also been reports of Ethiopian troops pursuing OLF rebels inside Kenyan territory. However the Kenyan government has denied it is accommodating the rebels.