January 18, 2010 5:53 PM

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Kenyan police arrests 16 Somali MPs

Kenyan police have arrested 16 Somali MPs and other government officials in a raid on suspected illegal migrants in the capital, Nairobi. About 300 people were picked up in the raid in the Eastleigh district, home to a large ethnic Somali population.<br/><br/>Prominent Kenyan Muslim leader Al-Amin Kimathi has also been arrested. The raid follows violent clashes on Friday between police and groups protesting at plans to deport a controversial Muslim cleric. <br/><br/>Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has accused Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab of links to the clashes which left at least five people dead.

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