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It is time to debunk ‘Kenya is safe’ myth

Kenya: Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku’s advice to Kenyans to ignore warnings on social media might have sprung from genuine concern over possible hoaxes that could strain police resources to fight crime.

However, he is wrong to dismiss everything out of hand. There is good reason to believe that Al Shabaab is planning attacks in revenge for the killing by the Kenya Defence Forces of hundreds of their militants in the Somali theatre of war.

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