Deputy President William Ruto yesterday gave the UNHCR 3 months to close down Dadaab camp or ELSE! As a Kenyan who is equally outraged at the massacre of those poor children at Garissa, I believe Ruto has good intentions at wanting to relocate/shut down this camp.
However, I'm of the opinion that it is a very bad idea for many reasons:
As we all know, the Kenya-Somali border is very porous and with rampant corruption, extremely easy to buy a Kenyan ID. With a Kenyan ID, it's not impossible for the eventual illegal migration of all these Somalis currently at Dadaab finding their way into the mainland of Kenya!
With a Kenyan ID and their huge numbers, they can easily sway elections to represent their interests, which believe me are in direct conflict with Kenyan Christians!
How shall we be able to differentiate which Somalis are legal and which aren't? In the last Kenyan Population Census, did you notice how quickly their ACTUAL numbers were retracted from the media??! "Kenyan" Islamic Somalis are currently estimated to be the 6th largest tribe and growing at an alarming rate.
Dadaab camp should be kept as is. Kenyan intelligence officers should infiltrate the camp from within and thwart any possible al-shabab threats. The army should also surround the camp to ascertain that no one leaves the camp headed to the mainland.
To get a sense of how easy it is for a Somali to cross the imaginary Kenyan-Somali border and obtain a LEGAL Kenyan ID, CNN's Nima Elbagir went undercover and did it for about 200 US dollars. This you-tube video demonstrates that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B63FDN8gN24