President William Ruto's administration detailed a strategy to deal with al Shabaab as brazen attacks by the militia surge.
There have been more than 30 casualties in under two months.
In a new strategy, the government will conduct an intelligence-led operation relying on local communities to help in the identification and flushing out of the militants.
There have been concerns that indigenous Kenyans could be working with al Shabaab, giving them intelligence and aiding their operations.
