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Tinfoil:
Dangote tells the Kenyan and Ugandan presidents that he plans to build an oil refinery in Tanzania.

This is a major miscalculation on his part as Uganda is planning to build an oil refinery and he can turn their investment into ashes bankrupting the country.

Also Tanzania does NOT see itself as an East African country but as part of Southern Africa and have done just about everything to torpedo E.Africa so I doubt Kenya would be stupid enough to support them .

Whoever finishes construction first wins. The race is on between Dangote and Uganda.

bidexiii:
Uganda SF are now white dudes.
Youre sure this photo has being tampered with ?

Tinfoil:
This will eventually blow back in Kenyas face like it's done in the past.

They should be planning for war. And let me tell you how. Because Turkey has a large number of drones. All surface ships should be scrapped. Next start local production of small patrol boats like the swedish raptor. The buy 4 submarines.

The patrol boats would defend the Kenyan coast. Some would be unmanned. The subs would take the fight to turkey sink their fleet in port. Problem solved.

Tinfoil:
Turkey is planning a large naval deployment to Somalia, possibly permanently.

How will Kenya respond to this?

Operation Toy Drop (OTD) 2025 recently concluded with the participation of KDF Jumpmasters and the Green Eagles Freefall Team from the Army Special Operations Brigade (ASOB). The 25th Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop was conducted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, bringing together multinational airborne forces in a demonstration of operational excellence, partnership, and service.

Established in 1998 by then–Staff Sergeant Randy Oler, a U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) [USACAPOC(A)] Soldier, Operation Toy Drop began as a small airborne training event that combined proficiency training with community outreach. Over the years, it has grown into one of the largest multinational airborne operations in the world.

Odunayaw:
In my country?
"Throw muh soldiers"

Police on Tuesday morning repelled an al Shabaab night raid on a Chinese workers’ residence in Elwak, Mandera County.
The team managed to secure all 10 Chinese present, as vehicles and property were damaged in the attack.
The attackers escaped after a long battle with security teams that were present.
The attack occurred at about 1:00 am, when heavily armed militants forcefully gained entry into the compound, located roughly one kilometre from Elwak Police Station, triggering a prolonged exchange of gunfire with officers guarding the residence.
“The officers on duty gallantly held their ground and successfully repulsed the attack,” police said in a statement, adding that the assailants later fled the scene.
According to police, the militia demolished the main gate and damaged the perimeter barrier during the assault.
The attackers, armed with both crude and sophisticated weapons, are believed to have been ferried into Elwak town using four Toyota Probox vehicles that accessed the area from Buraache along border cutline routes near the Kenya–Somalia border.
“They positioned themselves opposite the main gate before opening fire,” police said.
Officers from the Border Patrol Unit (BPU) based in Elwak were deployed to reinforce the team on the ground, a move that helped secure all the Chinese nationals, who are involved in road construction projects in the area and are housed under armed police protection.
Police said the attackers damaged a police vehicle, five Toyota Hilux double-cab vehicles, a grader and a water bowser belonging to the Chinese construction company.
The Mandera incident came as bomb disposal experts on Tuesday defused a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) found under a bridge in Nyatike, Migori County, in a separate security scare.
“The device was connected to a live wire and was safely disabled by our bomb experts,” police said.
Seven pieces of gel explosives were recovered from the scene during an operation carried out by multi-agency security teams, who cordoned off the area for several hours to allow the exercise to proceed safely.
No injuries were reported in either incident, and police said investigations were ongoing to establish the motive behind the attempted attack in Mandera and the placement of the explosive device in Migori.

Tinfoil:
Flying junk.

These jets are way past their expire date.

They are actually a danger to the pilot's.

Toju200:
that was sick
The military guys didn't even flinch

MiddleDimension:
To the non-Nigerians here, can what happened between Wike and the soldier happen in your country? Knowing the relationship between the military and civilians in your country, who was right and who was wrong?

Baller254:
If you've watched the videos, they knew very well they are going to be sent into a warzone, these young men are going willingly not being hoodwinked
And if you've scanned social media and talked to some, there are many more who are asking for ways to go

Tinfoil:
I doubt they are well paid enough to resist a $3000 a month paycheck. Not even the Nigerian army gets paid that much.

Baller254:
Those are not ex military, but hopeless jobless regular youth driven out of the country by tough circumstances created by the corrupt govt,
Basically accepted their fate as Cannon fodder because of the high pay
Kenyan soldiers are well paid, but they recruit a small number each year, many are rejected.

Authorities said Wednesday's arrest followed a coordinated multi-agency security operation targeting the criminal network, which has been extorting huge sums from desperate Kenyan job seekers.

A total of 22 Kenyans were found in an apartment in Athi River area, "awaiting processing to Russia".

Police said the "mysterious trafficking syndicate" was luring Kenyans with job offers in Moscow, only to send them to fight for the Russian military in Ukraine.

Detectives said the victims revealed they had signed contracts with an unnamed overseas employment agency, committing to pay up to $18,000 (£13,000) for visas, travel, accommodation, and other logistics.

Some of the victims also indicated that they had already paid deposits of $1,500.

Tinfoil:
Brother those fantasies are what wars are fought over, just like Armenia and Azerbaijan, Thailand and Cambodia,....

I think I didn't explain myself well. The problem is not Somalia it's Turkey. They are not selling anything to Somalia they are gifting them. Why? Oil and gas. There is nothing Kenya can offer them that can be more beneficial than the billions of dollars they stand to make.

What is being played is a very good long term game by Turkish intelligence to lure Kenya into laxity.

That conflict is inevitable. Kenya needs an ally that hates turkey and would be willing to fight them by proxy. Like Russia.

Construction of Turkish Industrial Complex in Nakuru, Kenya, commences
A US$ 760M project for the construction of a Turkish Ceramic, Granite and Tiles Special Economic Zone (SEZ) or rather Turkish Industrial Complex in Nakuru county, Kenya, has begun.

Developed by Turkish Industry Holding the project involves the construction of a total of six factories. The factories will mostly produce high-end construction materials, forestry, furniture, and cleaning products for export.

These products include medium-density fiberboard (MDF), a raw material for the furniture industry, and granite and ceramic tiles. Additionally, the complex will produce, cement, steel, aluminium profile, tissue paper, sanitary towels, and towel napkins.

Plans and expectations for the project
The (MDF and cement plants will be manufacturing 30% of products for the local market. The remaining 70% will be for export to regional and global markets including Europe and the US. This is according to the Turkish Industry Holding‘s board chairman Mehmet Coskun,
https://www.tcgtkenya.com/construction-of-turkish-industrial-complex-in-nakuru-kenya-commences/

Kenya has reverse-engineered Israel’s Aerostar drone – christened ‘TAI’ – with the help of Turkish engineers. The model was unveiled in 2021.
https://africasolutionsmediahub.org/2024/05/02/arms-race-made-in-africa-military-drones-on-the-rise/

Tinfoil:
https:///africaintel/12135

4 minutes of drone strike by the Somali army against militants. Looks like the byraktar. Turkey is doing a good job arming and training them. They will probably be better equiped than Kenya in the future.

If Kenya were smart they would finish the border wall and stop buying Turkish drones and substitute with Chinese.

Eventually Somali will come calling for disputes territories in Kenya. And given Kenya corrupt nature they won't see it coming.

In February 1976, the then Uganda leader Idi Amin Dada infuriated Kenyans when he claimed that a large part of Kenya belonged to Uganda.

A couple of days after his remarks, a mass demonstration was organised at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park, where Mzee Jomo Kenyatta declared that Kenya would deal ruthlessly with neighbours who publicly expressed “their sinister intentions”.

Although Amin clarified that he had no intention of going to war but would write to the Queen of England to demand an explanation, his unpredictability was Kenya’s greatest fear.

It was believed that he was being incited by President Siad Barre of Somalia, who was laying a similar claim to the northeastern part of Kenya.

Government officials, concerned that Kenya couldn’t withstand a war with Uganda, which was well equipped with Soviet-made jet fighters and 27 military tanks, turned to the US for help.

This desperation has now been revealed in telegrams and transcripts in the US State Department Archive.

On February 20, 1976, just a day after an anti-Amin demonstration in Nairobi, Vice-President Daniel arap Moi, on the instruction of Kenyatta, summoned the US ambassador to Kenya, Mr Antony Marshall, to emphasise the urgent need for financial and military assistance.

FIGHTER JETS

Moi informed Marshall that while Kenya had a military deal with Britain over any aggression by Somalia, there was no guarantee that similar support would be granted in case of an attack by the Ugandans.

Therefore, he explained, the only way to ward off Amin was for Kenya to upgrade its defence capability.

Kenyatta was really anxious to obtain F-5E fighter jets, but was ready to accept anything the US could offer, and a delegation was already in the US to hold talks with senior state officials over the matter.

As the meeting progressed, Marshall revealed to Moi that, subject to Congressional approval, the US had offered Kenya $45 million in Foreign Military Sales credits (FMS).

However, there would be a shortfall of $20 million if Kenya bought the F-5E jet fighters, and the delivery time would be 24 months.

The information excited Moi, who immediately booked an appointment for the ambassador to personally break the good news to Kenyatta on February 24. His only disappointment was the delivery time.

Two months later, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived at State House, Nakuru, on a visit he said was to see what the US could do to help its friends in Africa.

“I , the Secretary of State, am willing to talk to you with open mindedness,” he told Mzee Kenyatta. “We have no complaints against Kenya.”

ADDITIONAL FUNDING

While appreciating the $45 million aid, Kenyatta requested an additional $20 million to enable Kenya acquire the F-5Es, which he wanted to be delivered as soon as possible, pointing out: “Our neighbours are armed to the teeth.”

Attempts by Ambassador Marshall, who was also present, to clarify that training of pilots was necessary before the jet fighters were delivered fell on deaf ears, as Kenyatta insisted that he needed the planes even before the pilots were trained.

Kissinger promised to look into the matter with the Deputy Secretary of Defence. He also promised Kenya an additional $20 million, bringing the total FMS credit to $65 million, enough to acquire the F-5Es.

Because of Kenya’s desperation at the time, the US tried to arrange for the Kenya Air Force to have F-5As until F-5Es were ready, but this never worked out.

This was the second time US was trying to arrange for Kenya to have the F-5As, which were considered cheap and readily available.

The previous year, in 1975, the US had tried to obtain the aircrafts from Iran but this fell through after the Shah of Iran refused to approve the arrangement because he had already committed the aircrafts to Jordan.

Nevertheless, on June 16, 1976, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Kenya and made public the sale of 12 supersonic F-5Es to the country in a deal that was at the time the largest ever between Washington and an emerging African nation. However, the jet fighters were only to be available in two years’ time.

BIG BROTHER

Tensions between Kenya and Uganda were exacerbated by two events, the Entebbe raid and the economic blockade on Ugandan goods.

In remarks broadcast by Radio Uganda, Amin complained that during the Entebbe raid, Israel had stationed a stand-by commando force in Kenya which “would have continued to fight were the first waves defeated”.

He also accused Kenya of blockading 200 oil tankers and other vehicles carrying goods to Uganda and appealed to the Organisation of African Unity to intervene before he resorted to “desperate action”.

Foreign Minister Munyua Waiyaki responded by accusing Amin of looking for an excuse to go to war, warning: “If he attacks Kenya, Kenya will be bound to use all her energies to defend herself.”

Despite the face-saving rhetoric, the government again turned to the US. This resulted in Marshall visiting State House on July 4, 1976, with a special message from Kissinger promising to stand with Kenya.

According to records of the meeting, Kenyatta, moved by gratitude, asked Marshall to read the message twice, after which he said: “I cannot find words to thank him (Kissinger).”

He then asked the ambassador what forms of help US was ready to offer Kenya to counter Amin’s threats.

When Marshall vaguely replied that it would depend on the situation, Kenyatta pressed him to speculate.

In response, the diplomat said US could position ships in Mombasa, but cautioned that these were his own views.



PLEASANT NEWS

When Marshall asked whether Amin could attack Kenya because of its cooperation with Israel, Kenyatta replied: “Maybe. It is quite possible.”

Marshall returned to State House two days later with good news from Kissinger — America had agreed to send a P-3 aircraft to Nairobi and a frigate to Mombasa.

The suggestion of the P-3 coming to Nairobi particularly appealed to Kenyatta, who exclaimed: “Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!”

“I don’t know what this man, Amin, might decide to do,” he continued. “I am not quite sure that an attack is imminent. I don’t want to say something that later might not be quite right.”

Kenyatta also suggested to Marshall to inform Kissinger that if there was a way the US could raise the matter in the UN, “then this fellow here (Amin) will know we have some important and powerful friends”.

“To some it might look like political propaganda, but it would be a great help to us.” He indicated his wish to have the matter handled in high secrecy, saying “matters get whispered about and then misunderstood.”

The final agreement was that the arrival of the frigate and the P-3 be made public at the appropriate time. This happened two weeks later.

Meanwhile, the OAU had set-up a special committee led by its Secretary-General, Mr William Eteki Mboumoua, to ease the tensions between the two countries.

On July 31, 1976, Mboumoua visited Gatundu with a message from Amin, but nothing much was achieved.

The mediator had been accused in Kenya of being pro-Uganda after he said fuel shortage in Uganda was due to Kenya’s blockade.

US FLY-PAST

Kenya laid seven conditions that had to be met before relations with Uganda were normalised.

Among them was the withdrawal of Ugandan troops from the Kenyan border and the payment of $54 million for goods and oil shipped through the port of Mombasa.

With Amin showing no sign of relenting, in September, when Kissinger returned to Kenya, Kenyatta requested if US military aircraft could stage a fly-past during Jamhuri day.

He repeated the same in a letter to President Gerald Ford, cancelling his proposed visit to America. President Ford responded:

“We are pursuing arrangements to fulfil your request for a fly-past on Jamhuri Day, December 12. We will be communicating further with you on this matter.”

On the Jamhuri Day, December 12, 1976, US Marines jets staged a spectacular fly-past in a tribute to Kenya on its republican anniversary and as a warning to Amin.

Kenyatta raised his flywhisk as the jets from the aircraft carrier USS Guam, which had docked in Mombasa, flew in formations and performed solo passes over Nairobi.

By this time Amin had begun to tone down his drums of war. A couple of weeks earlier he had written to the OAU, saying Uganda had never “dreamed of any subversive activities against the brotherly and sisterly people of Kenya”.

bidexiii:
Am totally flabbergasted by these branch of Kenya Police SOF, Many African countries should learn from this guys especially NPF.

Operational planning

BPU has 16 companies and BORSOPTs deployed along our borders. There is more concentration of companies along the Kenya Somalia border due to its porosity and threat level.
All companies have sub bases that host platoons; The companies work hand in hand with other security agencies and occasionally conduct joint patrols with the General Service Unit, Kenya Defence Forces and General Duty Police.

Odunayaw:
The videos impressed me. I gasped at the 23mm canons.

My country made banditry seem like a unique problem until I found out it was also in Kenya and I envy how it has been met with the seriousness it deserves. Not just military and inshallah.

Tinfoil:
I don't understand the rational of using firearms from Russia, China, and the USA. Why not standardize?

Chapps:
The reporter in the clip is a bit too dramatic
I found a better report from the same group of journalists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lhHhF_o0g8?si=r2Z1hM_Ahcvvbkr5

The Lamu port is set to receive one of the largest vessels in the world next month, as KPA secures a deal with a leading shipping line.

The vessel will first dock at the port on August 24, from where the shipping line will make three scheduled calls every week.

“We will be flagging off the first line that will set base in Lamu by making three frequent calls every week,” Kenya Ports Authority MD Captain William Ruto said.