Mogadishu, Jul 20 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula has said his country is arranging camps where Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] forces will be trained.
This was during a meeting with Western officials who are visiting the country, Kenya.
Moses Wetangula said his country is ready to provide training to the TFG forces, particularly the police and the military so that they can take charge of security of their country and government.
The minister also said his government will support all initiatives meant to strengthen the Djibouti agreement which was the basis for the formation of the current government in Somalia.
“The Somali forces will be trained in our country by officers from Burundi, Botswana, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and other African countries,” said Kenya’s foreign affairs minister.
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The statement by the Kenyan government official comes at a time when the African Union has said they have come up with a plan in which 16,000 Somali soldiers will be offered training, which is expected to last for a period of six months.
According to [African Union (AU) representative to Somalia] Nicholas Bwakira, the training of Somali government forces is expected to cost $230m US dollars and will be paid for by donor countries who are interested in seeing the attainment of peace and stability in Somalia.
In the past Somalia’s opposition groups have warned Kenya over sending troops into Somalia.
It has been agreed that the number of African Union Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] troops will be increased during a meeting that was recently concluded in Nairobi. It was also agreed that they will be allowed to take part in the fighting that is ongoing in Mogadishu in order to assist in defending the government led by [President] Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmad.
By Abdinasir Mohamed
Email: abdinasir4@gmail.com
Mogadishu-Somalia
Source: Somalilandpress
This sort of things are not good for Kenya and the Kenyan people but it's important to help the government of Somalia because the people are been slaughted by fanatics brain washed by Arab millionaires who are sitting in the Gulf smoking shisha.
This sort of things are not good for Kenya and the Kenyan people but it's important to help the government of Somalia because the people are been slaughted by fanatics brain washed by Arab millionaires who are sitting in the Gulf smoking shisha.
Another fleecing of the international donors, as soon as these "soldiers" are trained, they run off to their local warlords. What happened to the last lot..follow Somaliland's example, train the officers to train the soldiers, treat them with respect, pay their wages, give them the tools, look after their welfare, and give a reason to fight, for example, for their country and its citizens, then you will have an army..So much money the international donors have poured into Somalia, and to few pockets, a few mansions in Nairobi and Dubai, no wonder Somalia is still a basket case…
It is sad to see Kenyan politics turn against Africans for the sake of Westerner's interest, who want to keep Somalia a puppet state. And who is cooperating with Western nations against Africans? It is Africans! But it will not surprise me as most of African politicians are corrupt and want huge cheques for them and their relatives, nd their friends and their friends' friends …