Uhuru blames local politicians for the Mpeketoni attacks

By Samuel Ouga and Agencies

Kenyan President; Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected the claim that the Mpeketoni attack was orchestrated by the Somalia Al shabab terrorists. He said the attack was a well-planned and coordinated ethnic profiling linked to local politicians. “There are local politicians who have been spreading ethnic propaganda and hate campaigns in the last few days,” he said.
While addressing Kenya in a live TV telecast, president Uhuru promised to decisively deal with the politicians and all those who absconded from their duties. “All security officers who absconded from duty during the attack have been suspended and will be prosecuted. This kind of behavior is unacceptable,” quipped the president.

"I urge all Kenyans not to forget our values and where we came from. I will not allow Kenya to go back to where we came from," added the president. “My government will work with and for all Kenyans where ever they are,” he added in his concluding remarks.
He said that the government will foot all burial expenses of those affected by the attack.



At least 10 people have been killed in a new overnight attack near Kenya's coast, police said Tuesday, with Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels claiming responsibility.

Police said gunmen, apparently part of the same group that massacred close to 50 people in the town of Mpeketoni overnight Sunday, attacked a village in the same region overnight on Monday and left 10 dead.

"We carried out another attack last night. We killed 20 people, mainly police and Kenyan wildlife wardens. The commandos have been going to several places looking for military personnel," Shebab's military spokesman, Abdulaziz Abu Musab, told AFP by telephone.

"The commandos have fulfilled their duties and returned peacefully to their base," he added, without saying if the attackers were still in Kenya or had driven back across the Somali border, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) north.

Kenyan police spokeswoman Zipporah Mboroki confirmed an attack had occurred overnight, although local police and a county official said there were at least 10 dead.

"Our officers are trying to access the scene and the details are sketchy," she said. AFP