Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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murchr wrote:tycho wrote:kysse wrote:Quote:“In Lamu, an unknown number of al-Shabaab operatives are hiding close to a herder’s camp between Katsakakairu and Nyangoro near Witu,” it says. link-DN. So what steps has the govt.taken in light of these allegations? quiz the source,raids anything? Why are we kenyans reactive instead of proactive? Blaming government or thinking in terms of 'proactivity' is taking the wrong track altogether. Like now, consider the information that is said to have been privy to NIS, how accurate was it? What was usable by any investigator available? What was the utility value? For example, was the list of suspects a decoy? Okay, let's take Sherlock Holmes' advice seriously and try to imagine a scenario of how all this could have happened. For Kenya to have 'proper Intel' they'd need moles in the Al Shabaab, but how would they find the mole? Anyway, it could be 'Madobe'. What's Madobe's interest? He must be continually relevant, so what to do? Give 'true lies'. He has a strategy, no? So he kicks us in the ass, we fall all over ourselves, he gets busy, the Al Shabaab gets busy, the UN; I get busy, you get busy, everyone gets busy. And the world is kept busy. The other way is if someone like 'Madobe' is truly helping to crush Al Shabaab. Then he'll give true and accurate Intel and he'll be out of work. Him and probably most of us. But this is one scenario, we could be having many others. What I see in the final analysis is that we need to go back to communalism and create a new culture and tradition that will enable our youth, and even all African youth to find meaning, and livelihood, to offer citizens a real opportunity to be happy and actualize themselves. This is the only way we can be truly proactive. That's how we can protect the individual and the states of the world. Madobe is a known Kenyan ally so the Alshabab cant leak anything to him. However he is the one who is best positioned to have informers in Alshabab. Another thing you need to note. The group is not united, they have leadership wrangles within themselves this is one weakness that should be taken advantage of. Taking advantage of division would mean consolidating and isolating. But this is mostly about embracing and kicking warlords. But the psychology of the game remains the same. Unless of course Kenya colonizes Somalia and initiates a strict assimilation policy. 'Gurale's burden'.
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