Somalia's U.N.-backed government has recruited more than 170 young Kenyans and former servicemen to help it fight rebels in the failed Horn of Africa state, local leaders in eastern Kenya said. 
Serikali ya Somalia inayoungwa mkono na Umoja wa Mataifa imewaandikisha zadi ya vijana 170 wa Kikenya na wanamgambo wa zamani ili wakasaidie kupigana na waasi katika nchi iliyoshindwa ya pembe ya Afrika, viongozi walio katika maeneo ya mashariki ya Kenya wamesema.