Al-Shabaab have asked for war, give it to them Mr President

The past two weeks have not been easy for Kenya. We learned that we were housing the largest cybercrime ring in Africa, are home to cults that facilitate the killing of innocent children, and most alarming, that we risk our lives when we venture into the Somalia-bordering corner of North Eastern Kenya in search of employment.

For me, it has been a particularly sad period. As a Kenyan, I have been deeply pained by the images of our brethren slaughtered and paraded by Al-Shabaab, and as a leader, gravely disappointed by our security forces’ inability to seal the lapses that have enabled the massacring of innocent Kenyans. The paradise that is Kenya is under threat and the bliss in which the world’s best animals, tourists, businesses and people co-exist fearlessly, a fading reality that will only improve with immediate brutal and sustained response on the part of the Kenyan Government. Al-Shabaab has declared war on us and we in turn must fight.  With might.