The international Islamic Political Party Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa has been flabbergasted by the brutal massacre of 147 students in Garissa, North Eastern region of Kenya. The attack saddened many in Kenya especially considering it has emerged to be the most ferocious of all that took place in recent years including the Westgate siege the Mpeketoni massacre. While witnessing the spill of innocent blood, we would like to mention the following:

(1) First the security apparatus must bear the greatest burden of blame, this is because despite having alleged made tremendous changes that include the removal of its top brass, still these kind of murders persist. It is incumbent upon the government to guarantee the safety of their citizen whether in shops, schools and along the roads. Still we would like to warn in the strongest terms that the incident should not be used as a tool of propagating hatred amongst non-Muslims against Muslims or a certain tribe against the other.

(2) As for Al Shabaab to claim responsibility, this has no importance. What matters most is the outcome of the heinous attack. We have seen soon after such incidents, how government security subjugate Muslims in unutterable savagery under the pretext of combating the so-called radicalism or terrorism in general. All together, the western countries deliberately launch attack in an endeavor to continue in their colonial agenda in various developing countries. These colonial states, always take advantage of these incidents, as a means of achieving their colonial motives and agenda, especially, putting into account the discovery of minerals and oil along the east African region. No wonder the British government predicted its occurrence and the US warned the Ugandan government over the possibility of a terrorist attack. In short, the western countries wage war against Islam globally and use many excuses in this heinous campaign.

(3) We believe that, had Kenya been having a splendid internal and external policy, these might have not occurred. Any government that wishes to establish peace to its citizens, then it must ensure that all its policies are good. It's quite unfortunate that many African countries policies including Kenya are wicked; prone to be influenced by the western colonial countries and their imperial motives. It's through these policies that America and Britain scramble for the Somali natural resources while claiming to fight against terrorism. Worse enough, they try to convince other countries to join hand against terror, in most cases causing a lot of loss like the one being witnessed now. This is crystal clear as a number of Kenyans have lost confidence in the operation Linda nchi in Somalia.

(4) Finally, we summarize by stating that Islam as an Ideology, demands that blood, properties and honour to be respected. That is why it prohibits the split of innocent blood, yet demanding that the Islamic government (KHILAFAH) to protect the security of its entire citizen despite their religion, colour or race. We Hizb ut Tahrir propagate Islam as an Ideology and a way of life with the objective of resuming the Islamic way of life under the Islamic State Khilafah "Caliphate" on the method of the Prophethood that will protect blood, properties and honour to all its citizens be it Muslims or non-Muslims.

Shabani Mwalimu
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in East Africa