Kenya is grappling with major security issues ahead of next year's general elections that the country is counting on to redeem its image after electoral violence following a 5-year cycle of elections related violence since 1992 according to XINHUA.

The 2007/2008 violence was the most severe that nearly took the country into a civil war following a disputed presidential votes tally.

The most prominent security threats now threatening the realization of a peaceful electioneering period parts, and subsequent elections emerged in the last five years, putting the government back on the drawing board of how to tackle them.