TERRORISTS CANNOT KILL THE KENYAN SPIRIT!

a police man rescuing a baby 

On 21^st September 2013 as Kenyans prepared to go for the Safaricom 7s rugby tournament in support of the national team Shujaa, a group of terrorists armed with assorted weapons and explosives attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Westlands, Nairobi.  Survivors recount horrifying tales of how six terrorists walked into the main entrance, hurled a grenade and shot indiscriminately at the shoppers.

 It is saddening how they have killed 62 innocent people including children and seriously injured over 175 others. The survivors identified the attackers to be of Somali origin. They displayed a placard written in Arabic, anyone who could not read the statement was shot. They are said to have claimed to be on a revenge mission before opening fire. 24 hours after they attacked they are still holding hostages in some parts of the mall. The security forces have secured most of the floors and are currently working on flushing them out in the last sections and rescue the hostages. The alshabab terror group has claimed responsibility of the Westgate mall attack.

A FRIDAY IN NAIROBI!

a view of nairobi at night

There is something different about Friday. Its divine, mystic, tangible, you can almost feel it. The atmosphere feels different even during this cold season .Friday mornings are warm unlike the other days. Welcome to Nairobi, the city in the sun, capital to the fastest growing economy in eastern and central Africa. It is the only city in the world with a national park at a walking distance. Home to marathon champions, Nobel Prize winners and even has a street known as river road where anything under the sun is possible!

Monday and other weekdays are characterized by impatient motorists, worried faces, jostling crowds, mad rush and glaring stares that give you the impression of a disillusioned city. However Fridays are different, people are so friendly, relaxed, jovial and talkative bordering rowdy. Even the notorious matatu drivers give way on this great day; motorists are not in a hurry to get to their destinations.