section_path: Relationship with other militant groups/Affiliates in Kenya
section_name: Affiliates in Kenya
paragraph_text: Affiliates in Kenya
  
  Al-Shabaab has Kenya-based affiliates, with al-Hijra as its official Kenyan wing from 2012, then with a unit established in 2013 known as Jaysh Ayman, based primarily in the Boni Forest. While the former group was used to carry out minor attacks within Kenya, the al-Shabaab leadership later switched its focus to Jaysh Ayman which proved more effective. Jaysh Ayman comprises both Somali and Kenyan fighters as well as fighters from overseas.