Of recent I have been drawn into this world cup thing until I haven't had time to watch news. That reflects the irresponsibility of my juvenile self in overlooking matters of National importance. But forgive for neglecting my duties as a sovereign citizen, its only that news time in Kenya has turned out to be episodes of sad unfolding and heartbreaking revelation not mention the careless political rhetoric that we experience each unfolding day. To say the least am a very sad Kenyan, not because we ve been denied the hopes to live the beauty of our dreams but because we fail to confront that which threatens our very existence.
Ooh wait a minute, let me take this opportunity to condemn the terror attack on the residents of Mpeketon town. My heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the victim that succumbed to both death and Injury. It is unfortunate that the enemy has continuously and consistently been advancing and killing our synergy as a united nation. The objectives might be profound than that which meets our eyes, the consequences more dire than expected. We continue to toil, sweat and bleed in our own motherland and live as slaves full of fear and disillusionment in a place we have resiliently build for the last 50 years. How sad.
But worst still our careless utterance can just be one of the objectives of this enemy. The blame game is an indication that the battle we lost long time ago. A nation that stands divided is united in defeat. You now see my point, by the time we perfected the blame game, we actually affirmed to Al-shabaab that we were a prey that was so ripe for an attack. Needless still is the rhetoric of the security apparatus, their conspicous incompetency, their silent indecision and their inability to restore the confidence of Kenyans in their efforts to revert an already ailing security situation.
Have I already started blaming? oooh! so am just a typical Kenyan who cannot drive a point home without pointing a finger. Consider this, when Shabaab descended on westgate and massacred over 65 innocent lives, the infamous westage SIEKE report is yet to be brought to the public limelight. To make matters worse, a report by Journalist Mohammed of Jicho Pevu that exposed the rot that the security personnel engaged in including stealing of goodies from shops and supermarkets at the mall left a lot of Kenyans wondering the heartless and irresponsibility of those mandated to safeguard and protect our lives. Worse still was the stalemate characterised by conflicting operations by the Kenya Police, the Recce squad and the Kenya Defence Forces that paralysed the entire operation. According to Moha's report, the war against the militants at the mall was lost the moment there was miscommunication among the security operatives.
The unfortunate Westgate SIEKE was followed by revelations by the Nairobi senator that he had shared intelligence information on a looming terror attack with the relevant security agencies only for them to remain in their comfort Zone.
The Mpeketoni incidents is here and is rekindling memories of a defunct security apparatus. Witness say the siege lasted 7 hours before any security reinforcement was deployed. Leave alone the brave police who became victims of the attack, it is actually so heartbreaking to discover the attack was preventable but because of negligence now more than 60 innocent Kenyans lie lifeless. You can Imagine if two matatus were Hijacked two hours before the attacked, Imagine again the police were informed that militants had hijacked two matatus and yet, 9 hours after the siege is when there was police response. The Intelligence service has now come clean to say that actually they informed the government about a looming terror attack at the coastal region way before the militants attacked. But now the question is, the militants walked casually out of the .......I cant just finish this blog, I have just read this statement from Uhuru's facebook post 'Fellow Kenyans, I am satisfied that, for the most part, our security agencies have performed well and thwarted innumerable terrorist and other criminal conspiracies and attempts.' This guy is just....argggh....nkt
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