Since the 1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya has suffered numerous deadly terrorist attacks leading to loss of hundreds of lives, thousands of people maimed, and massive damage to property and infrastructure. In the last two decades, terrorism has emerged as perhaps the single biggest threat to Kenya’s security and economic stability.
As a survivor of one of these attacks thanks to the heroics of our gallant men and women in uniform and civilians of goodwill, I have reflected on the war on terrorism particularly how Kenya can boost her capability to fight and defeat this deadly enemy.