The Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia. Amisom says its neighbour cannot be a force for peace and a source of chaos at the same time.
“The Federal Government of Somalia has lost its confidence in the Kenya Defence Forces ability to support the effort to stabilize and bring about long-term peace and security given the overt manner that the government of Kenya has sought to exploit its presence in the country as a pretext to further national interests. To put it simply, the Kenya Defense Forces cannot both support stability and be an instigator of insecurity in Somalia”.
The statement added that Somalia would defend its borders and not allow Kenya to destabilize the Federal Member States. It also called on IGAD to rescind the report it published this week.
This week, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Defence Monica Juma said that Kenya would not withdraw Kenya Defence Forces from Somalia.
The dream of Monica Juma is that Somalia belongs to the Somali people not herself or Uhuru Kenyatta.