Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Deputy President William Ruto has hit out at the terrorists for
attempting to exploit unemployment among the youth in Kenya by
recruiting them to join their militant group activities in Somalia.
Terming
the doctrine of the terrorists who attacked the Westgate shopping mall
in Nairobi as primitive, backward and barbaric, Mr Ruto said the
government would turn the unemployment problem into an opportunity.
He
said the government would work together with the youth to come up with a
brigade that will help grow the economy of the country to unprecedented
levels.
Speaking at an interdenominational prayer
service for the victims of the recent Westgate terror attack also
attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Kenyatta International
Conference Centre Tuesday, Mr. Ruto pointed out that the belief and
philosophy of the terrorists who kill children, women and innocent
people cannot be rationalised.
He said their narration
that their act of terrorism was committed in the name of religion was
unacceptable noting that there is no religion in the world be it
Christian, Muslim, Hindu that advocates for violence and killing of
innocent people.
“Muslims must be keepers of their
Christian brothers likewise Christians must be keepers of their Muslim
brothers while terrorists belong to hell,” he said.
The
Deputy President said it was unjustifiable for the terrorists to claim
their act of terror was prompted by the presence of Kenyan forces in
Somalia, noting indeed the country had no desire to enter Somalia
until the terrorists begun crossing the borders into Kenya exporting
insecurity from Somalia and endangering its citizens and visitors
alike.
He said: “Yes our first responsibility is to
provide security within the borders but we shall not hesitate to go
beyond our borders if threats to our security as a country are emanating
outside our country.”
The Deputy President noted that
the terror attack had emboldened the Kenyan spirit of unity in
diversity, saying no amount of persuasion or terror attack will convince
Kenyans to take arms against fellow Kenyans.