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How terrorists exploit Kenyans' appetite for quick money

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Inayat Kassam evacuating victims of terror attack suspected at Dusit D2 hotel in Nairobi on January 15, 2019, after an explosion and gunshots were reported at premises. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Kenyans' appetite for quick money and legal loopholes in the car trade sector are major weak links in dealing with terrorism and a lesson that the country has not learnt.

Analysis by The Sunday Standard of the Dusit D2 complex attack, the foiled Merti attack and the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) and Milimani Law Courts plots reveals that they all have a stack replica of events in planning.

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