While Kaguthi lauded the public for this quick compliance, he raised concern at the level of curiosity of Kenyans who mill around disaster scenes instead of staying away.
He advises that, “Kenyans should be like a bee, it goes where there are sweet things but a fly goes where there is all matter of things.”
Kaguthi says the media must also be fully involved in public awareness but cautions that it should not over publicise what the enemy is scheming against the country.
“Terrorist wants to get on top of propaganda and violence…on violence they want to cause maximum fear, pain and publicity,” he says.
“Do not amplify the enemy…you must control your information. You cannot continue motivating the enemy and you’re not even telling the country how our forces are destroying them.”
He says as much as the media would like to inform the public, too much information about the terrorist is bad for the country.
“Is it possible for the media to be sympathetic with the nation?” he posed.
He used the National Anthem to justify his calls. “Let one and all arise, with hearts both strong and true, service be our earnest endeavour, and our homeland of Kenya, heritage of splendour, firm may we stand to defend.”
Security expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Warrior Security Tony Sudgen says other than police, security guards if well trained can be of great use in controlling various security situations.
Sudgen noted that terrorists capitalise on security loopholes that would guarantee them success.
He however points out that most of Kenyan security guards lack motivation as a result of low remuneration and long working hours.
“The training should be adequate but what tends to happen is that there is no further training while a person is out for assignment… if this happens, the guard will be more confident,” he says.
Sudgen who has was a soldier in the British army for 20 years and also commands more than 10 years in commercial security, has also faulted any plan to arm guards.
“Arming guards is not a good idea at all especially now that most work for long hours…it will end up creating a liability as opposed to being of help. It will lead to a deterioration of security in the country.”
Even with CCTV cameras, metal detectors and guards who are ill trained and lack motivation, problems will persist.
“Sadly your guard will even collude with criminals at this condition,” he cautions. True to this argument, police have in the recent past arrested guards accused of colluding with criminals especially in instances of domestic theft.
“Security is not about cameras or providing a person with metal detectors… those are just paraphernalia but it’s actually what you can subsequently do with that. It is the foundation aspect of it, how you make the guard effective.”
“Most people are too busy going on with their core business and the immediate reaction in case of security issue is to go for the paraphernalia and that seems an easy fix.”
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