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The recovery of bodies in mass graves in a macabre incident linked to a sect in Kilifi. [File, Standard]

Kenya's security apparatus is the new bugbear following events of the week in Kilifi county. Police and the intelligence community badly slept on the job. The result of their inaction is the recovery of more than 100 bodies in mass graves in a macabre incident linked to a sect.

Now, anyone can say anything. But the truth is that the Shakahola incident exposed intelligence failure of monumental proportions that left the government tangled. For once, the previous admiration hasn't been blamed.

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