Dealing with the Al Shabaab Menace

By Peter Nguli
 
There is no middle path here –anyone who thinks Al Shabaab terrorists are going to send Kenyans Christmas presents through Santa Clause need to think again.

We hit them hard in Somalia, they hurl grenades at us, and then a temporary one week of 'cease-fire', followed by “showers” – of bullets in churches and isolated incidents of attacks on our security forces along the way. Life under a rain of death is no life at all, and we cannot allow ourselves to become resigned to it.
 
A strong opening, like invading Somalia, isn’t enough, you also have to know how to finish – and finish decisively. If it isn’t clear whether the ball crossed the goal-line or not, the goal isn’t decisive. The ball needs to hit the net, visible to all.