Kenyans on Twitter under the hashtag #SomeoneTellUhuru maintained that
withdrawal would be the best option at the moment maintained that
withdrawal of Kenyan troops from Somalia would be the best option at the
moment following increased terror attacks in the country. AFP FILE
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Deputy President William Ruto’s insisted Monday
that Kenya will not withdraw troops from Somalia even as majority of
Kenyans on social media maintained that withdrawal would be the best
option at the moment.
Under the hashtag
#SomeoneTellUhuru, Kenyans on Twitter highlighted the presence of KDF
troops in Somalia, corruption and misplaced priorities as the main
reasons behind the insecurity.
Highlighting President
Kenyatta’s Sunday trip to Nigeria, @SilasJakakimba said the President
should have stayed in the country to deal with insecurity before
attracting investors to an insecure environment.
Some
Kenyans believed that corruption was entirely to blame for the entry of
illegal immigrants to the country and dealing with corruption will
inevitably stem the security problem.
“Withdrawing KDF
from Somalia won’t stop the attacks. Uganda and Burundi are not being
attacked? Corruption!” said popular blogger @RobertAlai.
Comments
by security chiefs after each episode of terror attacks were also met
with great opposition and scepticism by Kenyans on Twitter.
“We
tired of ‘police are in pursuit of a suspect’”, said @kibettp as
@shikolaptop added that “we don’t want statements we would like action
and heads to roll.”
On whether KDF should withdraw from the war-ravaged Somalia, they said:
“I
don’t think KDF leaving Somalia is the solution. We just need new
strategies to combat terror and Ole Lenku won’t manage,” said @ronniekib
whose words were echoed by @irenewamaru who said that Kenya needs a
complete overhaul of its security apparatus.
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