Caroline Mutoko Says KDF Weren’t Completely To Blame For Westgate Looting

We’reA lot has been said about the trusted Kenya Defence Forces since they were exposed as looters by Mohammed Ali in his intriguing series Jicho Pevu.Memes have been made,opinions have been aired,our soldier have fallen from glory and who can forget the now famous slogan” Nakumatt: You Need It, KDF got it”?

Kiss FM Presenter Caroline Mutoko however has a different view,KDF is not entirely to blame for  what happened at  Westgate about a month ago,we are all to blame.This is what she says:

On 21st September 2013 – a month ago today – We betrayed Kenya.

I am watching Jicho Pevu like everyone else and I feel that we haven’t found, named and shamed all the animals. I want the Hyenas, Jackals, Vultures, chickens and then the wolves. KDF can’t be the official scapegoat for what happened at Westgate? Get a grip. They didn’t set this thing in motion
This ball was set in motion by you and me. Kenyans. I am talking about the Kenyans at the Immigration department who allowed these crooks into our country for a bribe or simply by not doing their job. The Kenyans at Nyayo house who looked the other way as aliens came into the country or for a neat sum of money granted them IDs and passports.

I am talking of the Kenyans at our borders who provide safe passage to criminals and aliens. The taxi driver who may have driven the terrorists into the Mall. That Car Hire company that may have hired out their vehicle for this purpose. I want us to flash out the Hyenas and vultures of Westgate. If we don’t, this will happen again and soon. Focusing on the guys who came to the party late doesn’t help.

On 21st September 2013 – We betrayed Kenya.

I’m talking about you – the Kenyans who may have hosted these terrorists for the period they were planning this horrendous act. Westgate wasn’t a freak event. It was planned, well planned. The mall was well cased and those guys knew how to get in and get out in record time.

On 21st September 2013 – We betrayed Kenya.

We who in the pretext of helping, looted Westgate. We – the so called rescuers who looted Westgate. You and I know about them. We have heard them speaking about it. But now that EVERYONE is focused on KDF, we are hoping no-one will ask the tough questions about us.

I want to call out the employees, vultures and hyenas of the stores in Westgate. The ones who emptied the tills and cash registers even as they were running and today are breathing a sigh of relief, now that all eyes are on KDF – fisi wewe.

On 21st September 2013 – We betrayed Kenya.

We the vultures and Hyenas who subsequently robbed patients and dead bodies. Vultures in our hospitals and our mortuaries. I want to call out the foxes and hyenas and skunks whose dead bodies had loot in their pockets.

Don’t kid me that every till in every shop and every restaurant was emptied by KDF. Don’t try and hoodwink me into believing that every display case was raided by KDF. We were on the job long before they landed.

I love and applaud what Mohammed Ali and John Allan Namu are doing with Jicho Pevu. It’s lifted the lid for us to now tell the entire story. Not about KDF, those dudes were the tail end of the story of the betrayal of a nation by it’s citizens. Westgate boils down to one simple thing – a lack of patriotism on our part.

On 21st September 2013 – We betrayed Kenya and if we don’t come to grips with that – it will happen again.