[kictanet] Have we failed the nation yet again? - the

[Dennis Kioko]

There are media reports indicating that the GSU and other volunteers had
secured the mall by Saturday afternoon and managed to pin the terrorists to
some sections.

KDF then came, stormed the mall, and in confusion, shot dead a GSU
commander, resulting in a standoff between the police and KDF.

Both teams then pulled out. The terrorists spent most of the weekend
roaming the mall in a "sangfroid" manner(as they tweeted) looking for
survivors and collecting hostages, before taking over and securing a
vantage are of the mall.

By the time KDF stormed the mall again, the terrorists had an upper hand.

On Thursday, 3 October 2013, Ngigi Waithaka wrote:

> In a way, its not actually using KDF that's the hammer, its in using heavy
> artillery, but, could it have been avoided?
>
> The problem with the local situation is the simple unpreparedness of the
> police as compared to KDF. By the time Abdul made it from Yaya Center to
> Westgate, on a Saturday which should probably take an hour, cops had not
> even engaged the terrorists. If the Recce squad had gone in with the Abdul
> team, this would have been over really fast.
>
> But they were nowhere to be found and/or were reluctant to get in.
>
> KDF sent in their specialized team, and so far have lost 4 of them, with a
> lot more injured, this should also tell you it wasn't exactly a mosquito
> they were dealing with; it takes a lot of skill and firepower to kill a
> soldier armored with ballistic plates.
>
> Lastly, the terrorists were busy butchering the hostages in the most
> savage way, and throwing out parts out of the windows. An executive
> decision to end their suffering needed to be made, and I guess someone did
> just that and we got ourselves 3 collapsed floors and the dignity of our
> fallen ones intact!
>
> Waithaka Ngigi
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Matunda Nyanchama <
> mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Brian
>>
>> Yours is an apt summary of the Westgate response fiasco: "IMHO using KDF
>> was the proverbial hammer to kill a fly....".
>>
>> Reports of looting, drinking, etc., and blowing up the place suggests
>> there may be other motive other than saving the situation.
>> By the way, how come we haven't heard from the CS for Defence? Her forces
>> were on the ground even when this was really a police issue.
>>  Baadaye.
>>
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