Impact of Westgate mall attacks on Kenya’s policies and economy

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Recent developments in East Africa’s largest economy Kenya involving a face-off between the country’s security forces and a terror group linked to Al Shabaab who held shoppers ransom in the upmarket Westgate Mall focussed attention on the ability of that government to deal with the security and geopolitical dynamics in Kenya. Many questions remain in the aftermath of the siege. ABN’s Karima Brown chats to Aly-Khan Satchu, CEO, of Rich Management and Ebrahim Deen, Researcher at the Afro Middle East Institute about the implications of the attack on Kenya’s policies and economy.