Despite this update from the authorities, the nature of what they were responding to remained a mystery, even to them, at least based on what they were saying publicly, as revealed by Internal Security Ministry Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo's comments to reporters: 
Pamoja na habari hizi mpya kutoka kwenye vyombo vya dola, kile hasa walichokuwa wakikishughulikia kilibaki kuwa utata, hata kwao, angalau kupitia kile walichokuwa wakikisema hadharani, kama ilivyowekwa wazi na Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani Mutea Iringo kupitiakauli yake kwa waandishi: