There is need to screen, weed out aliens

The killing of three police officers by criminals Police Commissioner, Matthew Iteere, says are terrorists confirmed Kenya’s poorly kept secret: Our security machinery leaks. For Nairobi residents who live in the sprawling Eastleigh neighbourhood, the grenade attack on the police did not surprise. It had been coming for a long time.

The nation has reason to fear for the worst given the brutality with which the attack was executed, and that it was premeditated. For a long time, local and foreign security experts have warned of looming terrorist activities in major towns.