The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week.
public particularly given the precarious security environment that is in kenya. we are familiar with the westgate mall attack which the mall just recently reopened in the past week. the attack at the university. cause for concern. at the same time the president s officials are saying they are not concerned or changing their plans. i don t think there is reason for serious concern. i think the president s entourage has everything under control. i don t think there is any cause for serious concern about the president s safety. i think he will be safe. it s obviously this is a country that s dealing with al shabaab just across the border. in the name of terror tracking down on terror you see what many say is a crackdown on civil liberties. yeah absolutely. there s been a massive crackdown, particularly over the past year under the guise of the
of the fact that people are realizing sheltering in place and kenya may not be a good idea. tom fuentes, when you look at how you handle this situation from the government level and the kenyan government and how they get a hold of this increasing risk from al shabaab, what is the answer to make people feel safe at their universities at the shopping malls, et cetera sort of unless you make everyone go through metal detectors and you make these universities into compounds? i think, poppy, the best way to make the people feel safe is to show competence when you deal with a major crisis. the response at the westgate mall attack almost two years ago, and the response that the garissa university attack recently has been pit ifl andiful and it s dangerous enough to begin with for any government because they have a large land border that s completely porous and a continuous beach front on the indian ocean so terrorists can come by boat like we ve seen
the tarmac in nairobi for hours, waiting for transport. this source said that even politicians got to the scene before the squad. but the government is defending their response, stressing that the team was able to save a lot of students. the question at the moment has been did our forces get out of nairobi quickly enough. reporter: but they spent hours on the tarmac waiting to go. there is always going to be criticism about whether you reacted as fast as you should have or shouldn t have. reporter: but it seems all too familiar. in the west gate mall attack in 2014, they were criticized for the delayed and chaotic response. the siege took days to resolve. authorities rejected the criticism, but likened that attack, the gunmen in garissa planned and ruthlessly executed the terror. this is where they rammed through the fence to get the
bearer. reporter: here they are sad but also angry as new questions are asked about the operation to save the students. a police source tells cnn that kenya s anti-terror squad got the alarm early but was stuck on the tarmac in nairobi for hours waiting for transport. the source said that even politicians got to the scene before the squad. the government is defending their response, stressing that the team was able to save a lot of students. the question at the moment has been did our forces get out of nairobi quick enough. reporter: they spent hours on the tarmac waiting to go. there are always going to be criticisms about whether you reacted as fast as you should have or shouldn t have. tripoli seems all too familiar. in the westgate mall attack in 2013, kenya s security forces were heavily criticized for what many called the delayed and chaotic response. the siege took days to resolve.