President's remark puts his security advisors on the spot

Kenya: When attackers descended on Mpeketoni on the night of June 15, Somalia’s Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the attacks that have so far left at least 87 people dead.

But in a strange move, President Uhuru Kenyatta absolved the group of responsibility and blamed what he termed as “local political networks”. He said intelligence reports indicated that the attacks were planned by certain politicians.