The New Year’s party set to take place at the KICC on
December 31, has been canceled. In a press statement dated Wednesday December
21, Mo Sound Entertainment, the organisers of Groove Party announced that the
end year event has been cancelled due to “red flags” raised by the Kenya Police
and “based on available security
intelligence”.
The statement read: “The preparations for Groove Party 2011
were at a very advanced stage having received all the necessary clearance from
relevant authorities.”
However, Anthony Kibuchi, the Nairobi PPO said,
“Al-Shabaab has threatened to hijack the event and do destructive damage to the
participants and the facility.”
The Groove Party team, also took the opportunity to wish all
the fans “a Blessed Christmas and a Groovy New Year,” and unreservedly
apologized for the inconvenience caused by the unforeseen cancellation.
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