Nelson Marwa. Photo/the-star.co.ke

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Coast Regional coordinator Nelson Marwa has said that vehicles plying the Lamu Mombasa route without police escort will be impouded and their licences were withdrawn.

Speaking in Lamu on Thursday, Marwa noted some vehicles going to and from Lamu lack the much-needed escort amid Al Shabaab threat in the region.

The security chief said all private and public means of transport, including those belonging to schools and churches, must undergo police checks and have armed officers.

 “We must have a structured way in which vehicles operate along Lamu-Mombasa road. No vehicle should leave Lamu without police escort," he said.

"We have police checks on the road...vehicles must undergo all these security checks. Thousands of vehicles operate on the road and we can’t have police officers in every vehicle. That’s why we came up with the issue of convoys being escorted by our security officers. Everyone must adhere to this."