Kenya: Westgate Terror Attack - Our 9/11 Moment -- John Walubengo, Africa.no/The Nation
It may sound too early and if not too insensitive to begin asking the hard questions.
But the earlier we confront the question of how effective our intelligence system is, the better our chances of avoiding the next terrorist attack. And I speak as a parent who cheated death by walking out of the Westgate Mall with my daughter - just barely fifteen minutes before the terror started unfolding.
Kenya has supposedly one of the most elaborate intelligence systems in the region. The National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) was established early in 1998 as a more professional outfit from the discredited and defunct Special Branch.
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