When Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked Garissa University College in 2015 and killed 147 students, the then senator of Nairobi Mike Mbuvi Sonko gave rather bizarre tips on how to react to terrorist attack.
In a long Facebook post, the flamboyant politician called for a change of attitude, noting that while cooperation would be advisable in a robbery, it would not work in a terrorist attack.
'When attacked by terrorist, don't run, fight back,'' was the thesis of the post.
"When a terrorist attacks with a gun you can choose to die fleeing to nowhere in a four walled room or you can choose to use whatever crude method to stop the gun man.. whether it involves hugging him, throwing water at him, running towards him, knocking him down.. or whatever.. when your attacker has a gun.. distance is your enemy.. the closer you get to a person with a long range shooting gun.. the less useful his weapon is..its the high time we wake up and raise the little “jack bauer ” within us and as such, we can choose to die fighting or we can flee to nowhere and still get shot anyway with seven bullets lodged on our back," Sonko's post read.
The militants struck in the darkness of dawn, targeting students who had woken early to pray.
They then moved to the hostels and opened fire on the innocent.
#bizarre