KDF’s Military Might Yet To Be Tested
A wise man once said that the purpose of war is not war itself, but to advance one’s own policies and politics, and/or to quash any form of unwarranted aggression. From that brief description, The Kenya Defence Forces had and still has every right to have set foot in Somalia. With the legitimacy question aside, it is increasingly becoming clear for all and sundry that The KDF is not cut-out for any type of warfare, save for peacekeeping missions. The fact that Kenya has a representative at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) –not cheap to maintain an office in New York- and has had her military officers hold very senior positions within the UN peacekeeping missions worldwide, such as in Iran,Croatia,SierraLeone,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Liberia and presently in Somalia(under Amisom),show where our priorities and strengths lie. Without belittling the importance of peacekeeping as an aid to ending conflict by creating conditions for lasting peace, our military’s...