President Uhuru Kenyatta concedes security lapse, blames Raila rallies

President Uhuru Kenyatta gives a statement on the Mpeketoni attack in Lamu County during a televised address to the nation from State House in Nairobi.  [Photo: PSCU]

Nairobi, Kenya: President Uhuru minced no words the twin attacks in Lamu which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility and on which his security aides had linked to the terror cells, was connected to recent political rallies.  

Though he neither named Coalitions for Reforms and Democracy leader Raila Odinga, or even his Opposition movement that has presided over a series of rallies aimed at pressurising Jubilee to yield to demands for national dialogue, Uhuru left no doubt where the blame lay.