We woke up this morning to the sad news of the fresh killings in Lamu.The attacks are the proverbial rubbing of salt on to a fresh wound, because just four days ago, a hotel and two houses were burnt in Manda Island.A day before that, gunmen raided a village in Pandanguo, killed 11 people and robbed police of six guns.
According to reports, the attackers killed two policemen after they stopped the Lamu bound bus.They also sprayed the Tahmeed coach with bullets,thereby injuring a number of the passengers.
I am tempted to ask is what camps were destroyed when the Kenya Defense Forces said they destroyed all the camps used by the militia?Where did these 'heavily armed' attackers come from? Where is the President in all these seeing as he is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.He has been awfully quiet and I know that I do not speak for myself when I say that I am almost giving up on him.
It is said that the cause of these killings is land because Jomo Kenyatta settled
Kikuyus on the most fertile land.Others say that these attacks are political.I do not know what to believe anymore.
The government that is supposed to protect the people is quiet.The individuals in charge are sleeping on the job.
We are told that we as Kenyans need to protect ourselves.I ask myself how this is possible.They even tell me that security starts with me, yet even the police with AK 47s are being killed.
This kind of reminds me of the text in Psalms that says, 'If the Lord does not watch over a city,the watchman stays awake in vain'. So far, it is better to leave such things to God.
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