These images are chilling. Urban meets barbaric warfare.

Yes, Kenya is in a sad state with Shabab.

Sad and regrettable especially from black targeting black while sparing other races in Africa. Well it's a lesson learned that if as a black African we sought out sh*t in our countries , we shall gain respect and tolerance from our hosts

The narrative is the same D32...How is chasing foreigners away because of isolated cases of crime committed by foreigners different from closing a refugee camp because of a few somali's involved in terrorism?

In any case,most of the terrorist activities which have happened here in kenya have been committed by Kenyans including non somalis who have never stepped in a refugee camp.

When you have a flat Tyre you do not change the arm but fix or change the flat tyre

Absolutely, D32.

Don't mind my brothers, sometimes they like posturing to see if you will blink first.

Some time ago we saw a news reporter being mugged on live tv. Obviously with a such get-rich-quick mindset, no matter how fickle, the criminal will extend his reasoning to accuse others of having it while he doesn't. He will also accuse third parties for his circumstances.

I think what is happening here is being generalised! we are using broad strokes to color 40 million people. We say... These Black South Africans - have we met all of them? from social media we can see a good number of them very ashamed of the behaviours of their country men. I myself often falls victim to the urge to generalize... THESE PEOPLE.... have I met all 'these people'? do I know them personally? Why should I be quick to label a whole community as 'Angry' (which I do quite often), 'Uneducated' (which I rarely say but sometimes think)? What makes me an authority in matters South Africa? I have visited SA more times than I have visited any other country in the world and I still don't have 'friends' there... why is this? is it a problem with me or with them? Perhaps we need to stop the violence (both verbal and physical) and know each other better. My considered opinion is... South Africans are no worse than Any other group of people that walks the planet. If things go wrong... especially economically - it's easier to point to the smaller, distinct group of people (that does not intermingle with the larger set of persons) and claim that they are the cause of all our 'suffering'. The Jews were blamed for the black death, the economic problems of germany in the 1930s. it's happening in Europe now... parties like the National Front in France, UKIP in UK are getting persons on their side -why? it's easy to blame a small distinct group of people (who statistically seem to be doing better than majority of the population) for the problems of the larger society. UG blamed Indians, The nordic countries are having 'immigration issues', Switzerland passed a law last year that limits immigrant access to certain facilities. I have monitored setiments in Kenya for a while... The somalis have gotten more businesses in the city.... I remember hearing prayers in church once (or was it a preaching?) from a certain lady who talked about 'They'...
We have started moving these sentiments from the churches to WhatsApp groups - I am sure most of you have recieved some whatsapp msg about Australian PM Julia Gillard and how she should be made queen of the world or how islamic jihad has engulfed the world unawares
my point?
Racism, Nationalism, Tribalism, Clanism are all the same - if you suffer from 1 - you suffer from the same disease (only that the group of people you hate may be smaller or larger).
How can we cure this ill? Travel... and not to the US but rather to 'these' people... live with them and you may discover that Mark Twain was right when he said