Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed. She on April 6, 2015
defended government response to Garissa University College terror attack
that left 148 dead. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE |
NATION MEDIA GROUP.
The response of Kenya's security forces to the
Garissa University College terrorist attack was “adequate,” Foreign
Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed said on Monday.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Ms Mohamed praised the cooperation between
the Kenya Police, the General Service Unit (GSU) and the military in
their mission to contain the invasion that left at least 148 people dead
and scores injured.
On Monday, the Nation reported widespread discontent among officers of the elite GSU Recce Squad, the force credited with gunning down the four killers and ending the siege.
SPARKED DEBATES
In addition, the Thursday attack sparked debates on social media on the capacity and readiness of security agencies in preventing and containing terrorism.
"Obviously,
when parents are grieving and the country is mourning, it's always easy
to fall back on things like that, but I can assure you that we took
very quick action as soon as this was reported,” Ms Amina said.
"We did everything that we could do."
Similar
praises were given by Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery when
he announced the gunning down of the four gunmen on Thursday.
DISPLAYED BODIES
Unlike
in the Westgate attack, the government displayed the bodies of the male
youths suspected to have taken part in the college bloodbath.
Among
them was a Kenyan law graduate who the government said was the son of a
chief in Garissa County, underscoring the success Al-Shabaab has made
in its recruitment drive in Kenya.
"So we did our best with the resources that we had," Ms Mohamed told CNN.
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