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2018-08-28 Africa Horn
Kenya Plans To Withdraw Its Troops From Somalia, Says Uhuru
[RADIOSHABELLE] Kenya will withdraw its troops from Somalia after more than six years of fight against al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
, the leader of the East African nation said.

Kenya formally sent 4,660 soldiers to Somalia in October 2011 after incessant attacks and kidnappings of civilians by the murderous Moslems within its territory.

A year later, the UN Security Council gave Kenya the green light to join AMISOM, a decision that meant the treasury would not bear the full costs of the incursion.

In an interview with VOA, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said his government carries out plans to pull its forces out of Somalia.

"This is some of the issues we have discussed with our U.S. counterpart, we are all hopeful that we shall be able to pull out of Somalia in the shortest possible time that we will be able to work together with the federal government of Somalia," Mr. Uhuru said.

Mr. Uhuru who is serving his final term of the presidency was the deputy prime minister when Kenya deployed its troops in Somalia to fight al-Shabaab murderous Moslems who allegedly executed attacks inside Kenya.

Since then al-Shabaab conducts frequent assaults in Kenya, mostly in the region bordering Somalia, to put pressure on the Kenyan government to withdraw its peace-keeping troops from Somalia.

The president said his country would like to use expenses spent on its troops in Somalia to be diverted to productive areas.

"So that we can pull back to our borders and reduce that cost that we are currently bearing and be able to focus on that other more productive areas," he explained.

Posted by Fred 2018-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

#1 Another failed US style incursion.
Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-28 14:01||   2018-08-28 14:01|| Front Page Top










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