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| Africa Horn | |||
| AU peacekeeping soldiers payouts | |||
| 2014-02-17 | |||
He also stated that Kenya which he described as the richest country in Africa apart from South Africa is paying each peace keeping soldier $1,028. Major Conteh argued that if Sierra Leone pays the same amount to its soldiers as the Kenyans then they have to quit the Mission because they cannot afford the expenses of such high salaries. "It was the savings we made during our deployment in Sudan that we used to buy ammunition and train one thousand Soldiers for the Somalia peace keeping mission," he revealed. He stated that if those soldiers in the war area feel aggrieved, the will definitely take up arms and go on the rampage, stressing that if the Army collapses the whole country will collapse. He described the Auditor General's Report that Ministry of Defense has squandered Le 500 million as baseless. He said he is not a signatory to any account of the Ministry of Defense. He reiterated that they as an entity they are open to scrutiny and are accountable like any other Ministry. He pointed out that the Military is so organized as a Government within the Government because any activity of the Government is replicated in the Army.
"I am very grateful to be their Leader,'' he mused. He noted that Sierra Leone is one of the countries in the world that is strongly fighting against terrorism especially presently in Somalia. | |||
| Posted by:Steve White |