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George Saitoti, Kenyan Minister for Internal Security

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Marc Perelman meets George Saitoti, Kenyan Minister for Internal Security. They discuss whether Kenya is headed for a quick victory or a quagmire in its war against the Shabab militia. Since mid-October, Kenyan soldiers have entered the territory of neighbouring Somalia after a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the border area, in order to snuff out al-Shabab.

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