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Terrorists exploited well-known loopholes in Kenya

Kenya: The terrorists who struck Westgate Shopping Mall exploited well-known loopholes, most of which are yet to be sealed a year later.

Corruption, porous borders, impunity, laxity of security forces, a refugee problem, proliferation of small arms and difficulties in intelligence execution have been cited as some of the main loopholes that contributed to the Westgate disaster.

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