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Africa Horn

European Union cuts Kenyan military funding in Somalia

2021-07-28

[Garowe] The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
has cut the Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] budget in Somalia by almost half, giving a further indication of the impending exit of the AMISOM troops from the Horn of Africa nation, which is still struggling with the al-Shabaab

...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
menace.

This will pave way for the exit of the KDF troops serving in AMISOM, and subsequent repositioning to the Kenya-Somalia border which stretches along with the Jubaland state and the northeastern part of the country. There are close to 3,500 KDF soldiers in AMISOM.

KDF first joined the fight against al-Shabaab under Operation Linda Nchi in 2011 but a year later, it joined the AMISOM team. Since then, the European Union has been one of the key financiers along with the UN and other stakeholders.

Treasury told Parliament Monday that Kenya received $45 million from African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia (Amisom) in the 12-month period to June 2019 against a target of $85 million. This now means the EU has started the formal withdrawal process.

The cut was linked to the partial withdrawal of Kenyan troops who were deployed to Somalia in 2007 to defend the internationally-backed government against attacks on the Shabaab.

"The amount was received was based on the number of actual troops deployed in Somalia. By July 2018, the number of troops was subsequently reduced," Julius Muia, the Treasury principal secretary (PS) said without disclosing the actual figures.

The EU funds cater for allowances for the Amisom troops and police, international and local civilian staff salaries, operational costs of their offices, among others. The EU has been the single largest contributor.

The international community pays $1,028 (Sh111, 229) for each soldier per month, their respective governments then deduct about $200 (Sh21,640) for administrative costs, leaving them with a take-home of about $800 (Sh86,560).

Al-Shabaab conducts frequent assaults in Kenya, mostly in the region bordering Somalia, to put pressure on the Kenyan government to withdraw its peacekeeping troops from Somalia.

KDF Sectors II and VI of AMISOM in Somalia, which stretches most parts of Jubaland. The KDF team flushed al-Shabaab out of Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
, the regional administrative capital of Jubaland in 2012.

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