KENYA: EASTLEIGH MOSQUE BLAST COULD BE LINKED TO ISLAMIST CLASHES IN PUNTLAND

From: odhiambo okecth

You area romour mill and a security threat to Kenya.

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— On Fri, 12/7/12, Warsama Mohamed wrote:

From: Warsama Mohamed
Subject: EASTLEIGH MOSQUE BLAST COULD BE LINKED TO ISLAMIST CLASHES IN PUNTLAND
Date: Friday, December 7, 2012, 12:11 PM

The Hidaya Mosque bomb blast in Eastleigh Nairobi may be a spill over of Wednesday’s bomb explosions and shootings between Islamists and Government authorities in the autonomous region of Puntland in North-East Somalia which left 31 killed or wounded.

Members of the Puntland clans are heavily represented in the Hidaya Mosque congregation in Nairobi.

The impassable conditions of the Eastleigh roads which are in a terrible state are a security nightmare.

Of the three routes to Eastleigh, two end up on the adjacencies of the former bus garage where massive road constructions are under way and driving is well nigh impossible.

The best route is the one rebuilt through ADB funding and passes Juja Rd before making a right turn into First Avenue. This side of Eastleigh bordering Pangani and the Mathare slums is favourites with bomb and grenade throwers for it is easier to speed away in a getaway car.

The Kamukunji MP has been demanding in Parliament tighter security measures and has criticised the lack of a police station in the vast sprawling Eastleigh area.

The absence of tarmac roads is a serious impediment to effective policing. The roads are muddy and only the most determined can dare walk through the heavy mud and dirty water.

Mohamed Warsama

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