#KTN’S EXPOSEE ON WESTGATE MALL ATTACK DEPICTS A GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN’T TRUST US WITH THE TRUTH

MERCHANTS OF DEATH

I watched as our Shujaas; KTN’S Mohammed Ali (Jicho Pevu) and John Allan Namu (Inside Story) gave us a recount of how the terrorists struck Westgate on that fateful day-over midday coffes, cooking competitions and immunization drives- indiscriminate bullets ripped through more than flesh, they cut to the core of an already troubled Kenyan psyche.

What followed was a siege of our collective conscience by misinformation and divisiveness among our forces and the government charged with protecting us.

That stake in the heart for me was what I watched on Jicho pevu and The Inside Story: military looting, boozing it up in Art Caffe, divided security agents and mass theories of conspiracy.

I must hear their part of the story before I condemn them. Yet again, were all these the deep-rooted seed of corruptions coming into the full bloom for the world to see.

How secure are we is the big question? Even if all parties are eventually cleared of any wrong doing, our confidence remains shaken to its core without a doubt. The insinuation caught on the CCTV Cameras, in this case, was enough to cast a doubt.

Meanwhile, deep down we all know this cycle continue. I am fairly convinced and agree with Mohammed Ali that we will never know the full story; not because the information is not there; but because the government doesn’t trust us with it.

And this is what, to be honest, scares me more than the terrorists. What we should be doing is taking a clinical look at this matter; asking what we should do to avoid a repeat.

A supposed democratic government that exists under a constant cycle of cover-up and lies means we are left trusting those who pupport to be the servants of the people. This where the real fear really breeds.

Make no mistake. We are at war! Our intelligence and disciplined forces have their job well cut out. Watch the clips again from KTN. Learn from mistakes, yes and avoid killing the messenger. But rise up and fight on without turning anger inwards.

As far as making sense of tragedy goes; it comes down to choice. In the end; we don’t really know why “Cain iced his brother Abel”. We can only imagine evil was brought into the world to show us the fragility of life and the duality of our existence- in the way that you need dark to know light. Love does win in the end, if you make room for it.

WE ARE AT WAR AGAINST ONE COMMON ENEMY. # WE ARE ONE ARMY.

By Embukane Vincent Libosso