Zimbabwe parliament debates Westgate attack

A picture showing inside the Westgate Mall, Nairobi after the deadly assault by Al Shabaab gunmen. PHOTO/AFP  

In Summary

• House condemned the attacks on the Westgate Mall
• Parliament sent condolences to the families who lost their loved ones
• No Zimbabweans were caught up in the attacks blamed on Somalia’s Al-Shabaa

By Kitsepile Nyathi
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Zimbabwe’s parliament has adopted a motion to debate last month’s terrorist attacks at Nairobi’s Westgate mall that left 62 people dead and 167 injured.

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP Gorden Moyo said the House “condemned the attacks on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.”

“Parliament expresses its condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and our solidarity with the people of Kenya at this trying time,” reads part of the motion.

Authorities say no Zimbabweans were caught up in the attacks blamed on Somalia’s Al-Shabaab group.

However, a Zimbabwean man, Norman Musimwa who has lived in Nairobi since 2011, has told local media that he was at the Westgate Mall when the attacks started.

He said he escaped unscathed but lost his vehicle