Top Kenyan security officials are to be questioned by MPs about alleged intelligence failings over the deadly Westgate shopping centre attack.
The head of the parliament's defence committee says "people need to know the exact lapses in the security system".
There are reports the NIS intelligence agency issued warnings a year ago.
Some 67 people were killed and many injured after al-Shabab militants stormed the Westgate centre in the capital Nairobi on 21 September.
Kenya's Red Cross says the number of people still believed to be missing is 39, down from an earlier figure of 61.
Five militants were killed by the security forces during the four-day siege and 10 people have since been arrested, the authorities say.
Al-Shabab, a Somali Islamist group, said the attack was in retaliation for Kenya's military involvement in Somalia.
Security sources have told the BBC that the militants hired a shop there in the weeks leading up to the siege.
Operation's 'anatomy'
Security officials - including the head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Michael Gichangi - are set to appear before the parliamentary defence committee later on Monday.
The Westgate shopping centre attack has shocked Kenya and the world
People have been lighting candles for the victims of the attack outside the shopping centre
Nakumatt supermarkets' staff members, who survived the four-day siege, pray for the victims outside Westgate on Sunday
Agents of international police body Interpol leave messages outside Westgate
Committee head Ndung'u Gethenji has told the BBC that "people need to know the exact lapses in the security system that possibly allowed this event to take place".
He also said they needed to understand "the anatomy of the entire rescue operation" amid allegations of confusion over who was in charge.
Kenyan newspapers have reported that the NIS warned a year ago of the presence of suspected al-Shabab militants in the capital and that they were planning suicide attacks, including on the Westgate shopping centre.
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