I take it that the other thread is for updates and in any case too long / tired. It is only fair we start another thread on solutions and how we could have prevented the sad event.

It is known that you can buy your way out of anything in Kenya, hence it is possible someone turned a blind eye and allowed these terrorists to pass through the borders or even issued them with fake ID documents. The authorities are aware of this corruption problem and should have devised ways to net / outsmart corrupt officers by now. From where I sit, they are either accomplices or not willing to deal with the situation.

To start us off with solutions- The approach to war against terror should be multi-pronged as in- Step 1- Put measures in place to ensure terrorists do not gain entry. Step 2 – In the event they gain entry, ensure there are measures in place to detect and arrest them. Step 3a – In case they escape police dragnet, ensure they are not able to attack. Step 3b – Classify possible targets and designate security measures for each. For instance, it doesn’t make sense that entrances to shopping malls and important public buildings do not have gun detectors. It also does not make sense that a body guard to a simple MP has a gun, yet guards guarding 1000+ people (including VIPs) in Westgate do not have any guns.
Any other ideas?

First things first! Heads must roll!!! Send some cops packing n some immigration follows to the cooler. Then we can start talking!

We should do nothing! What did we do after that accident at Mahi Mahiu - Narok road and almost the same number of people perished? Let us move on>>

We also need to be cooperative...how many of us for instance refuse to be searched by guards whenever entering a building?

@Limanika, Good observation.

Transformation of societies only happen when catastrophes of immeasurable magnitude occur. eg the almost complete extermination of Jews that has created a community that has said "Never Again". You touch one wherever and whenever you are and you face the full might of them all over the world. Too the almost complete destruction of Europe in World wars created communities that will not take arms on each other.

As a nation we have not yet experienced a real shock that can move our national conscience for real. Our yesterday villains are our hero's today and we seem to never learn. Gradually, our national conscience will "grow up" and then we can build our nation. We still take arms against each other in the name of tribes, suffer setback and we recover and go on but our conscience remains unchanged.