The inspector general of the police David Kimaiyo is one man under fire to explain himself,this is after a contradicting “preliminary” reporting that demystified allegations of a possible terror attack at the country’s main airport,JKIA.
In the night of Thursday when a supposed blast occurred at the airport,the IG moved in minutes after it happened to give explanation that the explosion was as a result of bulb exploding. This was in contrary to what the grounds was reading,in this line,Kimaiyo ended up getting rather not kind words from journalist Larry Madowo on twitter.
” It was not a blast at JKIA but some papers caught fire after a loose light bulb fell into a dustbin that caused panic at Java coffee shop. No casualties and no cause of alarm. Officers are at the scene and operation has resumed at JKIA Unit 1. When the loose bulb fell down it bursted making an explosive sound like thus causing panic.”tweeted Kimaiyo.
This was happening even when bomb experts were sealing off the blast area,its said traces of explosives were found,it wasn’t a bulb that blasted but rather an improvised explosive device(IED).
Using the falling bulb principle and with the aid of a diagram explain the JKIA fire. Assuming that for a possible bulb bin slum-dunk, it means that it is directly above the dustbin, which is the most likely scenario:
A. If the bulb is located in the middle of the room, then the dustbin is also put in the middle of the room
B: The bulb is mounted at the corner or on the wall just above the dustbin
C: The distance between the bulb and the dustbin was sufficient to produce a pop sound and turn the litmus paper in the bin ablaze
D: None of the above
Just few hours after the blast a bullet riddled body of a Somali man was discovered at the back of a car covered in pool of blood around 2am in Shauri Moyo estate in Nairobi. The car turns out was supposedly used to ferry in explosives into the airport and only minutes after the blast,the occupants tried to make their way out and defied security stop at the gate prompting the police to open fire at the car and its occupants.
With totally worn out tires,the car is highly suspected to have been used by the “AlshaBulbs” at the airport,motorbike operators told police two occupants escaped leaving the body of their counterpart there.
In the car police discovered a Java coffee mug a clear connection that the occupants must have been at the Java coffee shop where coincidentally the “bulb” exploded.
With all signs pointing at a possible attack why was Kimaiyo quick to give a misleading theory,he says that was a preliminary report and investigations on going. Was he conspiring to cover up? For what and why?
This comes only days after he trashed Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula’s alleged assassination attempt by shooting as alarmism and stated that reports indicated the car had hit a banner. When Wetangula called him,the IG replied saying that was the preliminary report.
Was there a terror attack in JKIA or it was just the AlshaBulb,why would the IG want the public to know otherwise. He however still stands by his bulb theory. Do you believe him.
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