In an interview with CNN’s Richard Quest on the sidelines of the summit in Washington DC, President Kenyatta said Kenya felt abandoned by the international community in its fight against terrorism.
The Head of State explained to Quest that following the 9/11 attacks, the international community rallied around the US, but in Kenya’s case, the West immediately issued travel advisories.
“We do feel the world isn’t doing enough to support us in confronting the challenges we have.”
The travel advisories, he said, served to encourage those behind the terror attacks on Kenya, the Al Shabaab.
“Richard Branson, for example, has gone out there and said no, let’s not issue these travel advisories, we should actually face up to the enemy, invest more, be more in Kenya.”
He said Kenya’s forces in Somalia would benefit from the support of the international community as would the government of Somalia in order to more expediently root out the Al Shabaab.
President Barack Obama in response said the US will continue to help build the capacity of Kenya’s security services and better equip them to deal with the problem of Al Shabaab and other security threats.
On cyber crime, Lenku said his ministry was developing a bill with the Information and Communication Technology ministry to address the concerns.
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