Mr. Muraya, why are we vilifying the west while the current security scenario is coming from Somalia? On the poor living conditions and facilitation of the police, I think the problem squarely lies in politics and corruption. Over the last 20years, how much funding has been allocated to the Police from the national budget? Billions of Ksh. Remember even the Anglo-leasing scandal had a large aspect of police communication and surveillance equipments. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh On 23 September 2013 12:00, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Just FYI, the "Prezzo" situation (link above) reveal Westlands, Parklands, fall under Gigiri Police Division.
We have heard directly from the police, most resources are allocated to guard diplomats in the division.
They really feel for wananchi because these "diplomats" are very callous towards them.
Like when it is raining, they say, they get rides from ordinary wananchi, not "the diplomats".
Some of these "diplomats" will not oppose the issuing of travel advisories by their nations.
Regards
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Matunda Nyanchama < mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> wrote:
Friends
First of all sincere condolences to that lost loved ones, friends and others in this tragedy. We remember them, and indeed all Kenyans, in prayers.
Once the dust settles, as a country we need to do a complete assessment of our emergency preparedness and understand what it takes to (a) forestall/foil such schemes as materialized at Westgate Mall; (b) respond to such tragedies when they happen and (c) how we learn from such experiences (unpalatable as they are). The idea is to minimize loss & damage: of life, limb, material, time, etc.
Emergency preparedness needs plenty of cross-agency cooperation (intelligence gathering, threat assessment, coordinated response plans, etc.), awareness and integrated training/exercises (call them testing) to test the efficacy of any plans.
It would be interesting to see emergency plans (I am sure there is one pertaining to fire and evacuation) of the mall itself, when it was drawn up and how often it is tested; and indeed, how coordinated (with state security, health, fire, etc. agencies) the plan is. It would be interesting to see individual business continuity plans for the mall and the businesses therein and how well integrated these plans are
Such emergency plans need a lot of information gathering (yes, including what most Americans protest perpetually about: govt "spying" on them), analysis and informed decisions on threat levels and associated weight of response. (BTW: most people prefer some loss of liberty if that can be for the common good, such as averting danger.)
Food for thought. For now, though, let's grieve and resolve to act, resolutely.
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