Parliament has
received a petition requesting the sacking of intelligence bosses over
terrorist attacks.
Twenty-five
people, who include relatives of the victims of the terrorism at Garissa
University College, have asked the National Assembly to send the officials
packing. The Clerk received the petition yesterday.
The petitioners
accuse National Intelligence Service Director-General Philip Kameru and other
top officers at the agency of laxity and incompetence.
Security chiefs
have been on the receiving end following the Garissa attack that left 148
people dead and 79 others injured.
The government
reportedly ignored and dismissed a warning from Britain and Australia of an
impending attack in Kenya.
Last week,
church leaders said top security chiefs must take responsibility for negligence
and abdication of duty that led to the massacre.
The clerics, who
included Cardinal John Njue of the Catholic Church, said churches were shocked
by information that the government, through its intelligence services, knew of
an impending attack but did nothing.
“We shall not
tire in reminding the government to take its responsibility to protect every
Kenyan more seriously.
“Clearly, there
exists serious loopholes in the chain of command in our security apparatus,”
they said in a statement issued at Chiromo Mortuary in Nairobi last Friday,
where they had visited grieving relatives of Garissa attack victims.
The petitioners
make the same claim, blaming the intelligence service for the spate of
terrorist attacks in Kenya.
The National
Assembly will be notified of the petition before the Speaker refers it to the
relevant committee.
The House team
will invite the petitioners to substantiate and explain their allegations.
It will then
compile a report with recommendations to the National Assembly.
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