Emva kokuba amazwe amaninzi aseYurophu elumkisa ngomngcipheko wokuhlaselwa okunokwenzeka kwi Khenya kwaye babongoze abantu babo ukuba baphephe iindawo zikawonke-wonke, iNkonzo yamaPolisa kaZwelonke yaseKenya ikhuphe ingxelo isithi "iqinisekisa uluntu ukuba ukhuseleko elizweni lonyusiwe ngemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo yamapolisa."
“Sibongoza uluntu ukuba luhlale luphaphile kwaye luxele naziphi na izinto ezikrokrisayo,” satsho ingxelo ye-NPS.
Amagosa ogcino-mthetho axhobe kakhulu ayejikeleza izitalato zase Nairobi namhlanje, njengoko amapolisa aqinise ukhuseleko ngaphandle malunga neehotele ezineenkwenkwezi ezintlanu, iivenkile zokutyela, iindawo zokuthenga kunye neeofisi zikarhulumente.
Izolo, i-Embassy yaseFransi i Khenya ikhuphe umyalezo kubahlali baseFransi ilumkisa ngengozi yokuhlaselwa Nairobi kwiintsuku ezizayo. Ithe kwiwebhusayithi yayo kukho "umngcipheko wokwenyani" weendawo ezihlala zihlala abantu basemzini, njengeendawo zokutyela, iihotele kunye neendawo zokuthenga, ekujoliswe kuzo.
“Ke ngoko, abantu baseKenya bayacetyiswa ukuba balumke kakhulu kwaye baphephe ezi ndawo zikawonke-wonke kwiintsuku ezizayo, kubandakanya nale mpelaveki,” utshilo.
I-ambassy yaseJamani Nairobi ikhuphe isilumkiso esifanayo, ngelixa i-mission yaseDatshi yathi yazisiwe ngamaFrentshi ngesoyikiso esinokubakho kwaye iluthathela ingqalelo olu lwazi "luthembekile."
Khenya Ibethwe luhlaselo oluninzi olwenziwe liqela labanqolobi i-al-Shabab liziphindezela ngokuthumela amajoni eSomalia ngo-2011 njengenxalenye yomkhosi weManyano ye-Afrika ukubetha abalwi.
Ngo-2019, amajoni e-al-Shabab abulala abantu abangama-21 kuhlaselo lwehotele yaseDusitD2 ephezulu kunye neofisi eNairobi.
Ngo-2015, uhlaselo lweDyunivesithi yaseGarissa kwimpuma yeKenya lwabulala abantu abayi-148, phantse bonke bengabafundi. Abaninzi badutyulwa bengabhalwanga nto emva kokuchongwa njengamaKristu.
Yayiluhlaselo lwesibini olwaphalala igazi kakhulu kwimbali yaseKenya, ludlulwa kuphela kukuqhushumba kwebhombu ye-al-Qaeda kwindlu yozakuzo yase-US eNairobi ngo-1998 neyathi yabulala abantu abangama-213.
Ngo-2013, ungqingo olubi lweentsuku ezine kwindawo yeevenkile zaseNairobi eWestgate yabulala abantu abangama-67.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Yesterday, the Embassy of France in Kenya issued a message to French nationals warning of the danger of an attack in Nairobi in the coming days.
- The German embassy in Nairobi issued a similar warning, while the Dutch mission said it had been informed by the French of the possible threat and that it considered the information “credible.
- After several European countries warned of the risk of possible attacks in Kenya and urged their nationals to avoid public places, Kenya’s National Police Service issued a statement saying that it “assures the public that security in the country has been scaled up through different policing operations.
