Kenya has been facing insurgency problems ever since the early 1960s which left nothing far from tormented souls of a citizenry doomed to desperation.
When it faced yet another terror-related challenge in the 21st century, it openly recruited its children to fight the war. The plan failed terribly, bringing Kenya to war with itself by itself.
As the flowers gradually began to wither away on the graves of the over 147 souls who perished in the 2015 Garissa University attack, it is essential that Kenyans start to reflect on the past journeys that brought us where we are today.
The journey has been marred by a number of mistakes, some of which could have been avoided with caution. In fact, someone might validly argue that the greatest mistake the country has ever made is the binding state relationship to Somalia.
The numerous terror attacks from the Al-Shabaab terror group and its sympathisers is a true revelation that Somalia had better handled its predicaments single-handedly.
The entry of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has left numerous porous holes in the country's security system, a fact that has left frightened citizens out of the once calm nation.
North Eastern towns of Wajir, Mandera and Garissa are almost becoming synonymous with grenade attacks from locally recruited and radicalised youth. The government has even admitted that frequent attacks in the country are perpetrated by local sympathisers. And we ask ourselves, is Kenya not in a war with itself? Definitely!