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| A past bus attack in Nairobi blamed on Al-Shabaab. Six people died. Image courtesy NationalPost. |
A few hours ago,
militiamen whose strike eerily mirrors Al-Shabaab’s signature attacks, gunned
down 28 innocent travelers on a Nairobi bound bus from Mandera town in North
Eastern Kenya. In what is bound to spark tearful memories of the Westgate Mall
attack, it is reported that those who died were unable to recite some Qur’an
verses as demanded by the attackers.
In a country where
freedom of worship is enshrined in the constitution, this Al-Shabaab joke has
now gone too far and must be stopped. It absolutely flies in the face of reason
to kill another person just because they don’t subscribe to your school of thought.
What’s even more insulting is the fact that these were innocent Kenyans who
have not offended the Somali group in any known way.
Al-Shabaab is a
terrorist organization that uses religion as a façade to quench its demonic
thirst for human blood. Who told you there is a heavenly reward for murderers? With
an inexplicable agenda that indiscriminately targets innocent civilians,
Al-Shabaab has ultimately proved itself a cowardly organization that is desperate
for cheap attention.
The Kenyan government
must now move and act. Corrupt government officials who make our borders porous
to these criminals must face the sack and be jailed. Tribalism within the
echelon of Kenyan intelligence service must be arrested with immediate effect.
Police reforms must be instituted and actualized or tomorrow might never come
for some of us as Al-Shabaab holds the country at ransom.
As we mourn and
soul-search, I hope that someone gets arrested, charged and convicted; at least
this once. As for the Interior Ministry’s CS, kindly spare us your rigmarole
this time around—Mr. President, we need to see real heads rolling.
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