Thousands of Kenyans on Tuesday hit the streets demanding greater national security from government following last week’s massacre by Somalia’s al-Shabaab militant group.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Kn1loghThPFOL8S34jKuAn7VRHpCnY8t”]Muslims and Christians were said to have taken part in the march, vowing to remain united against the militant group.
This comes ahead of a candlelight vigil on the final day of mourning for the 148 people killed by the militants.
Five men have been arrested in connection with the university attack, including three alleged coordinators.
A $215,000 bounty has also been offered for an alleged Al-Shebab commander Mohamed Mohamud, a former Kenyan teacher said to be the mastermind behind the Garissa attack.
In an interview with Citi News associate editor of Kenya based Citizen TV Abdi Osman said security has been beefed up in the country, in the face of growing anger over allegations that critical intelligence warnings were missed.
He said “they raised concern about how security is handled and more so the shopping malls, public lectures, hospitals and institutions have beefed up their security to respond to the threat levels that comes with the situation that Kenya founds itself in falling o the terrorist attack.”
“Security has been rammed up in many places but there is a feeling that more needs to be done to deal with the threat of terror. Police have arrested quite a number of suspects some of them have been arraigned in court. One has been charged with exploiting.”
Meanwhile, two al-Shabab camps in the Gedo region which are used by the militants to cross into Kenya have been bombed.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana