How rampant graft makes Kenya a target for terrorists

Members of security forces secure a building at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound in Nairobi on January 15, 2019.

When I first heard a loud bang from my office on fifth floor of a building next to 14 Riverside, I thought of what many Nairobians would in similar circumstances – ‘another tyre burst’ or ‘a lorry crashing into another’.

Then, I heard the persistent rat-a-tat of gunfire. My fears had been confirmed – something bad, really bad had happened (again!) in Nairobi. The senseless terrorists had struck again.