BY PIUS MAUNDU
@piusmaundu
Rasna Warah’s commentary on Monday came at the right time. In
the article, Warah bemoans that Kenyan leaders are detached from the reality in
their undertakings.
I read the article while stuck in a traffic jam, and
proceeded to the stories on the dawn attack in Mandera.
So far, this is a sombre week. Terrorists shot 28 bus
travellers at close range in Mandera.
Solemn tales of survivors and the
mourning of the kin to the victims aggrandized the grip of terror on Kenyans. But
this is not an isolated incident.
Everyone has been generous with solutions, some mundane, on
containing runaway terrorism. Calls for the resignation of the Inspector
General of Kenya Police Service, David Kimaiyo and Joseph Ole Lenku, the
interior cabinet secretary, have never been louder.
This comes at the backdrop of the resignation
of Chuck Hagel, Us defence secretary.
Hagel resigned for failing to post good results on the fight
against terrorism. In his place, President Obama now has the onus to appoint
another defence secretary.
Methinks that with the new appointee United States will be
better placed in dealing with Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL).
Importantly, Hagel will move on, leading a honorable life.
Back home, its certain that the security agents charged with
manning our borders, and anyone collaborating with terrorists would admire to
live honorably. Even our leaders.
Learning from Chuck Hagel, perhaps its high time we examined
our individual and collective phyches.
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