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How our education fuels 'counterfeit terrorism'

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Terrorism, a trans-national global phenomenon, has increased insecurity and forced people to adjust to new realities that include expecting security “searches” everywhere. Terrorists deliberately inflict terror to achieve purported political, economic, or spiritual ends. All terror attacks are psychologically designed to plant doubts about the state’s ability to protect citizens.

Kenya knows different manifestations of terrorism. It has suffered violent terrorism in the form of dramatic bombings and assorted attacks on religious, commercial, social, and educational entities. Currently, it appears to be reeling from counterfeit terrorism; terrorizing people through counterfeit popular consumer commodities that can lead to mass death or deformities.

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