This Nairobi attack reminds me that tit-for-tat terror never succeeds | Mukoma wa Ngugi

Six years after the Westgate Mall attack, what has changed in Kenya? We need to take the long view to find a solution

A few nights ago I had a nightmare – my family and I were living on the seventh floor of an apartment building in a US city that I could not name. It was a hot summer night. Through our open windows we heard shouts of: “Go back to where you come from!” This was followed by a commotion, and then gunshots and then death grunts. My daughter was standing by the window looking outside – I crawled to her yelling at her to get on her stomach – and then I woke up relieved.

And then I read about the attack in Nairobi at the Dusit hotel in which at least 14 people were killed.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2TNtxx8