NAIROBI - Kenya's prime minister thanked on Monday the United States and Pakistan for the killing of Osama bin Laden, describing the news as positive for the east African country struck by an al Qaeda attack more than a decade ago. Live report

"Kenyans are happy and thank the US people, the Pakistani people and everybody else who managed to kill Osama," Raila Odinga told Reuters.

"Osama's death can only be positive for Kenya but we need to have a stable government in Somalia," he said, referring to a four year insurgency in neighbouring Somalia where al Qaeda linked rebels are fighting to topple the government.