Security
agencies in Nairobi are on high alert following reports that al Shabaab was planning
to use a parliamentary employee to bomb government buildings and other
locations.
The other
al-Shabaab targets include the University of Nairobi, Muthurwa Market, Nairobi
Pentecostal Church, Holy Family Basilica and St Andrew's PCEA Church.
Yesterday
police arrested the suspect, Senate staffer Ali Abdulmajid, after he was named
in a leaked Intelligence report that described him as planning to facilitate
attacks on the National Assembly.
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| Leaked Kenya intelligence report |
Abdulmajid
is the vice-chairperson of the management committee of the Pumwani Riyadh
Mosque, which has been accused of financing terrorism in the past.
He was
arrested by officers from the CID and Anti-Terror Unit at midnight on Sunday
and booked at Kilimani Police Station.
Abdulmajid
has worked with Parliament for nearly 10 years and has previously been named as
being linked to terror activities - in the 2011 UN Monitoring Group on Eritrea
and Somalia report.