Kenya's plan to close the two refugee camps, including the world's largest, and send Somali refugees home has upset Somalia's government and sparked fear among some who have sought shelter there.

"If we are chased away from this place I cannot go back home to Somalia," said Momina Omar Semboka, 39, a refugee in Kakuma camp, who comes from Kismayo in southern Somalia.

"We are scared, we are not happy about this decision, we cannot go back home to our country. Al-Shebab are everywhere," said Mwajuma Ramadhan Mwechiwa, 42, also from Kismayo, referring to the al-Qaida-linked militants who control territory in Somalia and operate in Kenya.