As far as I am concerned it boils down to corruption. The Interior dep is rotten to the core.
Uhuru has to create another ministry of Propaganda headed by Blair to dish out cash to MPs and get that queue out Interior.
I have spoken to many servicemen and Policemen. I took a cue when you mentioned your relative in NEP. They all say they cannot die for nothing. Police are paid 20 bob hardship while the County Commissioner takes home over a million, in addition to sharing in the corruption proceeds. Uhuru has treated Interior as a department to be used to reward tribes.
I recall the day my daddy came home to say how Moi had gotten Tipis fired when he called him and found him drunk. Nabwera was himself drinking in Mombasa was summoned to Nairobi and given the job before it was announced. Of course its Ntimama who bad mouthed Tipis. But according to Moi, if an interior minister with armies (Police, AP, CID, Special Branch) can be outmaneuvered by a civilian with nothing of what use is he?
Look like police and military are MIA.
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Shabaab-militants-dawn-raid-Lamu/-/1107872/2751412/-/advrhq/-/index.html