Police in Mt Kenya are on high alert following the possibility of terror attacks at the Kiganjo Police Training College and several churches in Nyeri County.
Security officials have reported “heightened terrorism activities”. County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia has said that several agencies were checking for the sources of the reports and their authenticity.
“There has been heightened terror activity but it has been managed so far,” Mr Shisia said.
Police sources said the first report of the threats was received on Saturday, the claim being that several unnamed churches would be ambushed.
As a result, police officers were deployed in large numbers to places of worship around the county.
On Monday night, surveillance and police presence were increase following information about an imminent attack on the Kigango college.
Dozens of patrol units were deployed around the institution and in Nyeri suburbs.