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You guys have dated for two whole years and you still go through her phone reading her conversations. If you still don't trust your girl after 3 months theirs no point in dragging out the r/ship, life's too short to be in a r/ship where there is no trust or mutual respect.

I didn't know that diplomatic number plates in Kenya are assigned in the order by which those countries recognized Kenya as an independent nation..

In Kenya, diplomatic numbers given to the embassies are assigned in the order that they recognized Kenya’s independence, with Germany (then West Germany) as the first country to recognize Kenya’s independence having the diplomatic plate 1 CD.
These diplomatic registration numbers are given red number plates. An example of a diplomatic registration number is 5 CD 18 K, where 5 is the code for the diplomatic country.

1 CD – Germany, 2 CD – Russian Federation, 3 CD – Ethiopia, 4 CD – China, 5 CD – Norway, 6 CD – Hungary, 7 CD – Egypt, 8 CD ......
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001325571/what-a-kenyan-car-number-plate-means

KDF - shooting range

KDF Somalia

I don't remember where I got this pic from, if its in this forum then it's a repost. If not...

Ugandan special forces in Somalia

kikuyu1:
BTW, are they using the original imported Russki RHA or local milled steel? The Iraqis did that and you know how that story ended.

imported raw steel from what I gathered, but they use local machining tools to wield steel for different parts required for final assembly. Parts that are 100% made locally re tires,Batteries,body works.... Basically the same thing we do in Kenya with private cars and public transport vehicles. But as you know you have to start from somewhere, when they started, every single part was imported,they just did the final Assembly.

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bonus

T-72 production line

More... When Kenyan Pres visited the plant

Production line Ethiopia -Thunder APC
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KDF IED survivor honoring those who didn't make it

KDF - 20th Parachute Battalion --- Training to practice

GSU recce

Avoiding those snake bites I see

Henry240:
I find the whole situation in Southern-Africa during white minority rule to be quite confusing.

I only just learnt that Black South-Africans served as volunteers, not conscripts in South-Africa during apartheid. In-fact only whites were conscripted. Looking at footage during 16 years of fighting in Angola, I see a lot of Black soldiers. Contrary to what was everyday Nigerian public knowledge.

My question is why?

There was a time Kanye West in his most crazy moment blamed the black man for slavery ... While is was greatly offensive he did have a point .... Were it not for the cooperation and colluding of the African chiefs and village elders some of the attrocities wouldn't have happened for such a long time.


Even During the May mau rebellion, Dedan Kimathi who was the spiritual leader of the rebellion was sold out by fellow Africans for a 500 pounds reward. His capture led to a a very low morale among the may mau fighters ..




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Dedan Kimathi was the commander of the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950's, he was betrayed by two African native policemen named Ndirangu and Njogu - Kimathi was executed as his possession of firearms and his resistance against the colonial government was regarded as treasonable A rare archive news reel film showing the capture of Dedan Kimathi has attracted considerable rage among Kenyans who watched it. The news reel video by Pathe News a British a company during the colonial era was posted on Youtube and was shared on social media by Kenyans who showed disgust to the two African policemen responsible for his capture. Kimathi was tracked and captured by Njogu and Ndirangu in 1956, Njogu was in command of the operation to find the Mau Mau leader. Tribal policeman corporal Ndirangu was the one who shot and wounded Dedan Kimathi before his capture and execution by the British colonial government. Corporal Ndirangu according to the news reel was given a reward of 500 British pounds for wounding Kimathi. READ ALSO: Mukhtasari wa taarifa Jumamosi, Machi, 19 Kenyans expressed their disgust on the revelations that the man they regard as a Kenyan hero was not just betrayed by his fellow Africans but also his own tribesmen for just a few hundred pounds Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/108789-kenyans-angry-emerges-dedan-kimathi-captured-fellow-africans.html#108789


Even in the concentration camps, and the hangings of suspected mau may, Some of them were Africans guarding Africans at the behest of the colonialists

kikuyu1:
My dude,there's real life situations and office notions-trust me:combat isn't for women in either mixed or female only units!!

There is a lady who used to be our neighbor when I was a kid. She is Muslim, There is even a video of her on citizen TV when she was just returning from Somalia. She is not the strongest person but she went to Somalia twice! And she has a bullet scar on her stomach and I respect the hell out of her. BTW she's the one who made me gain access to a certain barracks where I've seen training excersices , and when you see her dismantle an m4 and reassemble like no one's business, trust me you'll fall in love instantly.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that every woman can do it... But the ones who can should be allowed to do it. Have you watched that John Cena's TV show called American Grit? That show changed my whole perspective on what I thought women couldn't do when competing against strong men. In fact it changed my entire perspective on what I thought strength is, 90% of the most musculine men never made it through.

A few decades ago , Women could never be the head of the family, and in African culture a Widow was forced to marry another member of the family so that she can be protected. In other cultures women couldn't Drive because they'll mess up the road, in Chinese culture women couldn't (still can't) be involved in building tunnels cause it's believed it will collapse! And for a long time Women were not allowed to be in the US marine core in positions that would take them to combat situations and they could also not be allowed to be astronauts for some reason made up by men ......

You need to think about it in this way,based on the history of women taking up more 'manly' roles in society, 20 to 50 years from now will some countries have female generals and will able bodied women be fighting on the front lines just like their male counterparts or not?


Pic not related to the lady I mentioned, but those are other ladies on the frontlines in Somalia and last one is boni forest at the border with Somalia

QuietMynd:
Can someone confirm if this is true
Kenyan thieves steal guns as police watch Champions League

Police in Kenya have been left red-faced after thieves stole guns and ammunition from an unattended checkpost as the officers on duty watched UEFA Champions League matches down the road.

Three rifles and nearly two dozen rounds were pinched from the checkpost Tuesday evening in Nandi, in Kenya’s west, while the officers wandered off to watch Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi play in the UEFA quarter-finals on television at a nearby shopping mall.
“On returning… they noticed the room of the in-charge, which is also used as an armoury in which the steel box is kept, was broken,” stated a police report into the incident seen by AFP.

A search was underway for the stolen firearms, the report added. It was not immediately clear if the officers faced disciplinary action.

Dutch side Ajax upset Ronaldo’s Juventus while Messi’s Barcelona crushed Manchester United in Tuesday’s quarter-finals.

Football, particularly the top European competitions, is hugely popular in Kenya and across the African continent.

Unfortunately it happened for real, no fiction. When regular thieves start breaking into police stations to steal guns, That where I tell the world to stop at the next exit so I can get off cause this earth rotation thing might be making me loose my mind , I will have to rethink my entire belief system inorder to come to terms with what is possible in the realm of reality.

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation have been deployed to the post to interrogate the officers.
Nandi County Commissioner Samuel Kimiti said the officers were being interrogated and the search of the guns had been immediately launched.

https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/sports/thugs-steal-guns-bullets-from-police-armoury-as-officers-watch-champions-league-matches

Henry240:
Egypt Air Force KA-52

Pre-delivery flight test

my kind of gunship

Algerian1:
Whats curious about this mspv . you will find the same advertising for many countries ..

Year At the end of the website I saw links to SA, Algeria, Namibia.. It's probably one of those dodgy companies that don't actually have a plant, they just bring parts and to do the final assembly and customisation in-country then pamper the the host country with the lable "made in ...." And probably get Tax breaks for it .

Global Firepower website increased the number of amoured vehicles belonging to Kenya to 500 (previously it used to be around 250), and the number of helicopters to 80 which is about right. Yet on the other hand Sipri doesn't show any new deliveries of new vehicles.


Or is it that Sipri doesnt count deliveries if they were made locally Cause from looking at the pics of Kenya's IG visiting GSU HQ, I noticed the front end of an APC that the IG was inspecting on what looks like a vehicle made by a company in Kenya -(The company is Owned by a Dubai based parent Company i think)




http://mspv.co.ke/armored-personnel-carrier-kenya/armored-personnel-carrier-kenya-2

golfsierra:
GSU Recce CRT

Atleast now I understand the random uniform, its really just for camouflage for differnt companies e.g 'C' Company, 'D', G company which protects the president, etc

Story from the pics:

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE MR HILARY N. MUTYAMBAI PROMOTES TWO RECCE OFFICERS ON MERIT (2019-04-30).
IG Mutyambai Promotes Two Recce Officers Injured During Dusit Attack from Police Constable To Corporals
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"I am one of you and have previously worked with you behind the scenes. I promise to support you as you undertake your delicate duties to save lives when called upon to do so. I will not forget you," he promised.
Before his appointment as the successor of retired IG Joseph Boinnet, Mutyambai was Deputy Director Counter-terrorism at the National Intelligence Service (NIS) where he is commended for recording great achievements.

Tinfoil:
They segregate them because men have animal/ predator instincts and if integrated there would be sexual assault/ abuse. Would you want your daughter sleeping, living, showering,.. with men? Would you think she is safe?

If male Soldiers can't exist within the same vicinity as their female counterparts who also wear the exact same uniform. Then they shouldn't be qualified to be deployed to any war where they have to protect women and children in the first place.

Nicheey:
Optimistically speaking,this ladies will be overrun if they're ever sent to the theatre,watch the video you'll see the uninteresting display this women did,I mean assuming if this was a real life scenario who over they were protecting those VIPs from must have gone home happy people. No cover fire, open rear/flanks. All of em just dey running dey go enter motor (if em wan wicked em na to RPG the two military gun trucks)... I have no offense with women combatants, but surpassing their male colleagues?? The gods must be crazy...

Women have been demanding equal rights for a long time now. They have also been demanding equal pay for equal work.
So why are you still segregating them to the Women Corps where they probably get 'rejects' as trainers and instructors i.e the kind of instructors who didn't make the cut to train the male counterparts. Those instructors probably let the ladies take a break to retouch their make up b4 continuing the exercise.
DISBAND the women corps and any special treatment for women only units. Let the women train with the men under the same instructors and same training... if they don't finished the training they go home.

mtisTheQubit:
We hosted IAAF World U18 Championships last year and we gonna host IAAF World U20 Championships year 2020

And we've just won the African U20 championship this year so we on a roll.

Incoming Inspector General Kenya, looks like every major regional HQ will have its own fully equipped police airwing instead of just one airwing HQ for the whole country.

Victory is sweet! Congrats SA on winning the U18, Nigeria where you at ?
https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/african-u18-u20-championships-abidjan-2019

kikuyu1:
My own info is that it will build a Sigma Frigate 10513 like the Moroccan F-613 RMNS Tarik Ben Ziad . It makes sense since the KN has been building up their blue ocean capacity slowly.

Unless the economy grows to above 7% next year I don't expect to see the navy making any major moves on anything above $100m in my view.

I am not sure if any of the 3 to 6 C27 J that Kenya ordered arrived in Kenya yet, but from the tweet by UN dept in-charge of responding to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, They must have confused the C27-J with C130.


Fourth pic -- Part of the medical team sent by KDF to Mozambique, they are part of Disaster Response Unit-DRU, trained and equipped to respond to CBRN situations.

Contract for a new Kenya Navy Shipyard given to a Dutch company.... The shipyard will also be used to built cargo ships for the newly revived KSL- Kenya Shipping Line.

Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo termed the project a game-changer for the maritime industry, saying it was timely as it is being implemented at a time the government is keen on harnessing the blue economy potential.
"I have full confidence in what Damen (contractor) will undertake and I hope they will keep to the timelines to have the project ready by 2021," the CS said during the launch at the Kenya Navy Base Mtongwe Dockyard-Mkunguni.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001320818/dutch-firm-to-construct-military-shipyard-in-mombasa

kikuyu1:
That's news to me! The KDH have a history of almost 60 years operating The G3 AND FN in similar environment of the Shifta war just after independence.

It was hard to fathom too but recent pics coming from Somalia (especially the camp in Dhobley ) I just noticed lots of AKs , This was a first time for me seeing KDF with AKs, The only other time I've seen that is with recruit training ...
I had the privilege of watching an army unit train once, and I remember them saying the G3 is as reliable as the AK, but some guys said the recoil took some getting used to... however I did notice that it took them a second to reload a magazine and I remember thinking in a real life scenario where seconds could be the differentce between life and death , those seconds matter .... Plus, the AK is much lighter you could practically shoot it with one hand ...

I have noticed that Regular Kenya Army units in Somalia are ditching their M4s and G3s in favor of the AK, I don't know if its because the enemy has the extra magazines tha KDF intend to use when they run out or the the other rifles jam easily and are difficult to fix at the battle front.


Pic 1,2 Kenya Army Comander Visits troops in Somalia
Pic 3, Road rehabilitation by Kenya army engineers in lower juba, Somalia