Terror: Our youths are exploited by extremists

By Zacharia Chiliswa

The  September  21, 2013  terrorist attack on Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, where over 60 people were killed and more than 170 wounded, epitomised the  growth of extremist groups. For close to two decades now, the Kenyan government has actively been engaged in war on terror. However, because of irresponsive social, political and economic institutions, many young people irrespective of their social status have fallen prey to the rhetoric of extremists. Extremists exploit systemic failures to gain traction to their bigoted ethnic, religious or political beliefs systems.