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| MPs urge Kenya to secure borders |
| 2010-07-14 |
| [The Nation (Nairobi)] Kenya's Parliament has stood in solidarity with the victims of Sunday's bomb attacks in the neighbouring Uganda with calls to the government to focus on protecting Kenyans. The lawmakers' calls to secure Kenya's borders comes after Sunday's attack in Kampala in which 74 football fans were killed, and 57 injured among them a Kenyan, Ms Alice Mueni. Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula and Internal Security minister George Saitoti took Parliament's cue and declared that Kenya won't be cowed by the threats from al Shabaab, the terror group that has links to al Qaeda, the global terrorist network. "We want to send a clear warning to al Shabaab that we'll not sit back and wait for them to do a similar act like they did in Uganda. This government and the people of Kenya will not act in fear or fear to act with regard to fighting terrorism," said Mr Wetang'ula. Prof Saitoti said Kenya was on high alert, but then he said that even with the heightened surveillance "sometimes terrorists do sneak in". Mr Wetang'ula then pointed accusing fingers at the international community for failing to provide Sh80 billion needed to stabilise Somalia. "Somalia hasn't gotten the attention it deserves from the international community," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Kenyans should be afraid. Especially those in Nairobi. Al-Shabaab can smack them easily due to the very large diaspora of Somalis and the porous border region. |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-07-14 21:57 |
| #2 #1 Before Obama sneaks in? Posted by: g(r)omgoru I'm sure O'Bumble is treated like royalty if/when he ever visits, Grom. After all, he's a "local boy who made good"... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-07-14 18:53 |
| #1 Before Obama sneaks in? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-07-14 13:35 |