As the country’s attention focused on the requiem mass of fallen Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery, Al-Shabaab terrorists struck a remote village of Lamu County, abducting Public Works PS Mariam El-Maawy.
The daring daylight ambush exposed the Achille’s heel of the multi-agency security operation, as well as underlining the urgent need to address challenges facing officers, amid murmurs of discontent over various unaddressed issues.