Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Kenya Improves Response to Terror Attack

The Conversation posted on 20 January 2019 a commentary titled "How Kenya's Security Forces Did Better This Time. But There Still Are Gaps" by Patrick Muthengi Maluki, University of Nairobi.

Kenyan security forces responded more effectively to the 15 January 2019 al-Shabaab terrorist attack on the commercial complex in Nairobi than it did in the case of the al-Shabaab attack on Westgate Mall five years ago. Kenya subsequently installed state of the art surveillance equipment, established the National Counter Terrorism Centre, and created an anti-terrorism police unit. Kenya still needs to do a better job collecting and disseminating intelligence.