Ex-Mathare United player who joined Shabaab killed by KDF in Somalia
A former footballer on police list of most wanted terrorists was among Al-Shabaab fighters killed in battle with Kenyan troops in Somalia last month.
Anwar Yogan Mwok, who played for Mathare United, was killed as he rode in a truck laden with explosives at the Kulbiywo Kenya Defence Forces camp on January 27.
Two other Kenyans – Ramadhan Kufungwa and Erick Achayo Ogada – also took part in the raid and it is believed they sustained injuries during the fight.
Security agencies have warned that the two may have sneaked back to Kenya for treatment.
Last year, police offered Sh2 million to anyone who could give information that would help in their arrest.
DIRECT INVOLVEMENT
A dispatch shared among security agencies and seen by the Nation said: “Information from Kulbiyow Somali has revealed the direct involvement of Kenyan terrorist fugitives some of whom the government has placed a bounty of Ksh 2 million. They included Anwar Yogan Mwok, Anwar Yogan was in one of the lead Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device VBIED that targeted the KDF camp. He was killed by the heavy artillery fired by the KDF and died instantly. Ramadhan Kungwa and Erick Achayo who were among the Al Shabaab infantry suffered serious injuries and reliable sources have indicated that their Kenyan associates and family members are trying to sneak them into the country for medical care.”
Thirty-six year old Mwok was born in Siaya County.
He lived in Umoja Estate with his family until 2013 when he left for Somalia to join Al-Shabaab.
In Somalia, he joined Jaysh Ayman, a group of largely Kenyan Al-Shabaab fighters who plan and execute attacks against innocent Kenyans within the country.
Mwok owns a “significant amount of properties (sp) within Umoja area in Nairobi, proceeds from which Police has indicated has been financing his terror activities targeting Kenya,” the document adds.
YOUTH RECRUITMENT
He is also linked to recruitment of youth into Al-shabaab.
Mwok was linked to the Mpeketoni terrorist attack in June 2014 and the raid at Baure military camp, Lamu in June 2015.
The other suspect, Kufungwa, 50, was born in Ukunda, Kibundani area.
He attended Bongwe Primary School before enrolling for religious studies at Ijtihaad Madrassa and Maganyakulo Madrasatul Tawheed Islaamiya.
“In 2011 he is believed to have travelled to Somalia where he stayed for four months. He returned to Kenya and was among students of slain clerics Aboud Rogo and Abubakar Shariff aka Makaburi,” the report says.
It adds: “Before going back to Somalia in 2013, Ramadhan Kafungwa used to conduct radical teachings at Musa and Sakina mosques in Mombasa. Together with Abdifatah Abubakar Ahmed and Ahmed Iman Ali are the leading individuals in Al-Shabaab responsible for continued disappearance of Kenyan Youth who end up in the frontline of the Al Shabaab attacks on Kenyan interests and facilities.”
