Terror in malls

Government should step in to secure Malls

The report on four bullet boxes abandoned in a trolley in Nakumatt Junction Mall leaves a big gap with no answers to fill.

This is a serious incident which needs special attention and speed investigations into it. The security system has deteriorated though repairable. Terror incidents have been on the rise in the recent past, which has made citizens to lose faith in the security system and in turn live in fear.

The government should have learnt from the past terror incidents like the Westgate mall attack late last year that malls are target places for terrorists in Kenya, thanks to the high number of shoppers. Security should be beefed up always, and not only when scary happenings take place.

The name of Samantha Lewthwaite should not get room in the mouths of police officials who just want to blame shift their unsuccessful efforts to a few terror suspects.

If Samantha Lewthwaite used to be a frequent visitor at the Nakumatt Junction Mall before the Westgate terror attack, how then can police justify that she is connected in any way with the empty bullet boxes several months after the incidence? If so, then the ball still lies in the court of our security and our intelligence system is also questionable.

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However, owners of shopping places like malls should be cautious and quick to notice and report any suspected incidences for action to be taken. They have used the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras as a threat to petty thieves at their business places instead of monitoring suspicious happenings that can lead to terrorism, and help reduce them.

Terrorism has now changed to be a song and to an extent, become a call of nature and thus, everybody must wake up to secure the country.