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Nairobi; Kenya: Once again, the state of insecurity is on the headlines, and the professional competence and operational strategy of our security forces is in focus. Not that it has been any better; not in recent years. You can hardly watch news without having to be bombarded with endless, depressing stories of crime, many preventable. Quite often though, it is the lethargic response of our security forces, or the lack of any response at all that shocks Kenyans.
From Lamu to Turkana, Kisumu to Mombasa, it is sad tales of killings, maiming and violation of Kenyans that chokes you. Clan conflicts, cattle rustling, banditry, Al Shabaab attacks, criminal gangs in city estates, targeted executions, Mungiki-type murders, muggings, etc. It creates an impression of a violent nation where the sanctity of life is seldom valued. It also gives a sorry picture of the investigative and intelligence capacity of our security forces.
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