One of the most commonly repeated witness accounts after the Westgate tragedy was how frequently we heard the statement, “we thought it was a normal robbery”. In good old Nairobbery, gunmen shooting up a place in broad day light are normal affairs. We have generally learnt to how to mind our business and keep out…
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Disasters Are Made Of These
I was among some the first group of rescuers to arrive at the bomb blast site in downtown Nairobi in 1998 when Al Qaeda terrorists hit the US embassy. We had no special training in disaster response. Simply, ordinary citizens who showed up on the spur of the moment to see with our own eyes,…