A group of over 30 gunmen burned down the revenue offices in Mandera and shot the night watchman. Kenya suspended five wildlife service officials due to concerns about rampant poaching of elephants and rhinos; Kenya has become the world hub for illegal ivory smuggling. Uganda’s police chief said the Westgate Mall attackers may have entered Kenya from Uganda. Addressing a crowd in the mainly Somali neighborhood of Eastleigh in Nairobi on April 10, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale said that “[t]hose who are detonating explosives in Eastleigh should do it elsewhere” to avoid spoiling the Somali economic hub.
