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The face of Insecurity in Kenya

For some citizens of this vast nation of ours, Kenya, insecurity started after our former president Mwai Kibaki sent forces to neighbouring Somalia to topple Al-shabaab. This is an Al-Qaeda affiliated group in the Horn of Africa that has spread terror and destroyed everything that once made Somalia. For these Kenyan folks, before these terrorists from the north took on vengeance attacks, Kenya was the most peaceful of them all. I mean after all we are comparing it to Somali, South Sudan and the DRC. This is a mistake, and here are the reasons. Insecurity is not something new; it has been there before KDF incursion into Somalia, before Westgate Attacks, before Mpeketoni attacks. Insecurity and its threat level do not simply increase because an area of interest to the economy is affected. We have treated insecurity with different magnitude. When the coastal areas known for its tourist attractions are affected the threat seem to be of a national issue, and not when it happens in