Two Kenyans abducted by Somali militants in 2011 have been rescued following successful operations by Kenyan soldiers and Jubaland administration, military official said on Friday.

Military spokesman Willy Wesonga said the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) troops within the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) rescued Daniel Njuguna and James Kiarie Gichuhi on Thursday and are due back on Saturday.

"Our troops within Amisom in cooperation with Jubaland administration rescued the two Kenyans on Thursday. The two rescued aid workers are at the Dhobley level two hospital for a 24 hour check up prior to their travel to Nairobi tomorrow," Wesonga told Xinhua by telephone.

He said the KDF have been following the abducted of the two Kenyans since 2011, a time when the insurgents were increasingly carrying out terror attacks and abducting foreigners inside Kenya.

The 28 year-old Njuguna was reportedly captured inside Somalia by the Al-Qaida allied militants in 2011 while 52 year-old Gichuhi was reportedly captured at the end of 2011 inside Kenya by Al- Shabaab insurgents.

Reports said the two were converted into Islam after what they said was "good treatment they received from Al-Shabaab" and after an "invitation to Islam", they further mentioned that they had taken the Islamic names "Abdurahman" and "Abdullah".

The East African nation has blamed members of Al-Shabaab for a series of abductions of foreigners including grenade and landmine attacks on its territory near the border with Somalia especially in Dadaab refugee complex which hosts more than 500,000 mainly Somalis refugees.

The authorities have cited abductions as a reason for launching cross border incursion into Somalia in mid October 2011 to fight the militia.

During 2011 several foreign aid workers including Kenyans were abducted in 2011, some of whom have been released by their abductors.

Since Kenya sent troops across the border into Somalia in October 2011, northern and parts of eastern Kenya have been hit by a series of blasts, many targeting local security forces and humanitarian workers.

Several attacks believed to have been carried out by Al-Shabaab have occurred in Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa and Dadaab districts of northern Kenya even as the military reports gains against the Islamist group by capturing their military bases and killing scores of them.