Kenya is really international place for tourists. Life in Kenya is set to change drastically it has seen a rise in violent terrorist attacks in 2012. Kenya is a safe place to visit for tourists despite an attack on Nairobi shopping malls over the weekend in which at least 68 people, including foreigners died.

This has created havoc in Kenya where tourist numbers have increased in recent years but which has also suffered a series of violent incidents affecting foreigners. The obstruction by suspected Islamist militants at the upscale Westgate Mall represents another potential blow to tourism in Kenya.

The mall, a relatively peaceful refuge in an often turbulent city, is itself a tourist draws in the Kenyan safari, and doubted Islamist militants may have targeted it partly for that reason. It's easy to forget, traveling through Nairobi, that this is a nation at war. This makes no difference between animal and humans. Animals killing each other inside for food and outside people are killing each other for what? For food?? No!! they are doing it to satisfy their warm blood and taking bloody revenge. There are regular reports of attacks against tourists by groups of armed assailants.

With at least 68 people dead in the Westgate shopping mall and more than 175 others nursing bullet injuries, the war has arrived in Nairobi in the most tragic possible way. No mercy on lives of people or even children. Are they animal or a soul without a heart?
Ever since October 2011, when 4,000 Kenyan throngs were summarily sendoff across to the border into Somalia with an order to hunt down and destroy al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group has been promising a massive, bloody revenge. Although it was always appealing to dismiss al-Shabaab's exaggeration as empty, Comical Ali-style bluster, the group has form when it comes to revenge.

It was only three years since the last foremost terrorist attack in Africa while they were watching World cup final, when 76 died in twin bombing in the Uganda (Kampala). Of course, being warned is not the same as being able to prevent these kinds of attacks. Gunmen are easier and cheaper than bombs, requiring just a handful of machine guns, plenty of ammo in storage and a few men willing to die for their cause.

Kenyan troops were sent in to one of Africa's most intractable conflicts. Al-Shabaab, then in control of most of Somalia and alleged to have participated in some of the Kenyan kidnappings was the obvious target. Kenya's involvement was welcomed cautiously by the African and Kenya went straight on the attack and ousted al-Shabaab from most of its important strongholds.

Kenyan troops were folded into Amisom and given a seal of international approval. Yet this retrospective legitimization could not disguise that their intervention was in fact an invasion, and that the risk of blowback was always going to be high, especially when it became clear that Kenya's involvement was seriously hurting al-Shabaab.

Kenya's leaders now have some serious, difficult questions to ask themselves. Why is Kenya in Somalia? Is it worth staying? How likely are repeat attacks? Crucially, with President Uhuru Kenyatta already promising to "punish" those responsible, they need to ask whether sending even more troops in Somalia, with an even more aggressive mandate, is the best way to protect Kenyan citizens in the long run.

There is also a worry that this tragedy will be used as a bargaining chip in the trials of Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, at the International Criminal Court. Already Ruto has requested that the court delay his trial so that he can deal with the aftermath of the massacre and there are rumors that Kenyatta wants to use it to bolster his argument that he is unable to attend his trial in person.

In the middle of this ongoing tragedy, Kenya needs good leadership more than ever. This is Kenyatta and Ruto's chance to show they can provide it, even if they haven't in the past. They be obligated the Westgate victims at least that much.

After the first blast the attack was not even resolved, second blast occurred later the same day, when a grenade was tossed out of a moving vehicle. Around 70 people in which 59 men and 10 women were subsequently hospitalized, of which two were in intensive care and five people were confirmed dead. The incident is still ongoing, with reports of a number of casualties and hostages. Armed Kenyan security forces are on the act.

The only advice for kenyan tourist is that we can provide is that until the incident is resolved, you should avoid the area around the shopping center and other public or crowded places and limit your movements around the city. Exercise a heightened level of vigilance. Monitor local and international media and keep up to date with this travel advice by subscribing to email alerts.