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By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's trendy Westgate shopping mall will reopen on Saturday, nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex. Once a totem of Kenya's growing prosperity, the Westgate building has since become symbolic of growing insecurity in the east African nation and President Uhuru Kenyatta's inability to prevent frequent Islamist attacks on Kenyan soil. Images beamed across the world during the raid dented Kenya's image abroad and scared off tourists, hurting a vital sector of the economy.More...