Maakhir:


1. You're comparing a city to a country. Lets compare the amount of slums in Kenya to the ones in Somalia

How can 90% of somali be a slum when most somalis live a bedouin and nomadic lifestyle. Most of somalia is desert and we are proud bedouins

And when I was in Hargeisa I failed to find any slums in somalia's second largest city

Get your facts right before you type things down

when i talk of slums i mean places with no decent housing and poor...Some of the slums you are talking about in Kenya have people earning more than somalis who leave in manyattas...how can people who have no designated home access development? Like proper housing,education, water and decent lives....plus mind the insecurity in the failed stae...you should thank KDF and the whole of africa for ensuring stability is coming in the nearby future.

Maakhir:


None of that is in somalia

Most of them are teens.

Obviously the somali government coulnd't fight them, while all the clans are fighting each 0other, they can't assemble enough troops because of the fact that most of the men are fighting clan wars. In fact I look at the Somali Government as some sort of sick joke.

Fighitng al-shabaab isn't a big deal, they're weak so weak they can barely they stand. which is why most of the fighting occurring in somalia is clan wars

they are not weak,they have been weakened by KDF...they have actually been beaten nearly out of somalia and have returned the war to our own Country...but its just a matter of time before our arny wipes them out

Maakhir:



I don't live in Kenya

Thats the problem of trusting western media...now for your information.....Kisumu city in better that mogandishu...i have said of Mombasa na Nakuru and Machakos cities....Nairobi is in its own league...it funds somali refugees in kenya

Maakhir:
Kenyans are cowards.

Let me tell you a little bit about Somalis and Somalia just to give you some understanding.

Al-Shabaab means the youth. And the group takes this name very seriously. The large majority of Al-Shabaab fighters are children and teens and the leaders are wayeels (old men) . The Kenyan Military is still having a Hard time fighting a bunch of Kids and old men and yet you boast of being strong. Most of the problems in Somalia are caused by Warlords which the KDF has not even dreamed of confronting, Al-Shabaab just adds to most of the conflict already occuring and the only reason the west reports bout them is because it is a terrorist group. It took a couple of days for your brave KDF to take out a handful of militants in one mall.

Brave Kenyans indeed (note the sarcasm)

i find it very funny when you compare Kenya to Somalia...for God's sake slums are in every country in africa....and outside africa there are slums. The difference is that 15% of Nairobi has slums, 90% of somalia is a slum...child prostitution is everywhere, from africa to india to USA where they even have brothels you can find minors... Somalia is now thinking if establishing schools,where they are soooo poor to do so such that Turkey govt came to their rescue...do i need to tell you that Kenya is a middle income country...
You call Alshabaab kids, while the somali govt+army couldnt handle it? are you trying to impose a plot twist us? KDF deals with alshabaab to the letter but you cant appreciate that you are still struggling to remain relevant. those alshabaabs you are calling teens had taken a whole city of Kismayu, and that country had a govt? Those millitants i saw at westgate were teens? come on you sound irrelevant..Zimbabwe has a devalued currency, but are far much ahead of Somalia.
Lastly, you realli support Alshabaab when they kill innocent people, i wonder why you are not in somalia if you did not go to school. religious psycophancy? i'll leave at that...remember Somalia is the poorest country in the world behind Haiti and DRC.

Maakhir:


And I myself am from Majerteen and Issaq. If Somaliland and Puntland are ethiopian territories then why is Ethiopia making deals with somaliland in desperate hope of a port? You my friend keep on going on about controlling Jubbaland. Your army came into somalia when the people were already weakened by the civil war. If your army is so powerful and brave then why did it not make a territory grab at the beginning?

And you keep on boasting about the shifta war in which your 'brave' army took the ethnically somali citizens in the North Eastern province and put them in camps, so you could use them to Parley with the Somali National Army until a ceasefire was declared. The only militants you fought were the Shifta militants.

Kenyan warriors, a thing yet to be seen

First, Kenya was not interested in somali territories, the main reason KDF is in somalia is because Alshabaab threatened the sovereignity of the Republic of Kenya, and the somali govt had been overpowered by them and therefore we had to show them why Kenya is the backbone of East Africa. You have a notion that KDF is fighting somali people but for real its fighting Alshabaab of which somali army couldnt.You clan and civil wars were not worthy Kenya's attention, but a good and able govt, would have established a strong Army nad police service like that of Kenya, so that they could help in quelling the clan wars....You fail to appreciate that KDF has helped somali claim its land from alshabaab..kismayu,mogandishu to Jubaland...KDF is the reason Turkey is in Somali because they have restored some form of order in that wrecked country.

Litmus:
If Bokoharam wasn't a group exploited by the WEST for the specific purpose of destroying Nigeria, then as a terrorist group bent on spreading radical Islam and linked to other Islamic terrorist groups, the words of this Ghanaian John Mahama to Routers would automatically elicit terrorists acts in Ghana and South Africa also -for i read that they too are itching to get in on the act in Nigeria.

Ghana, South Africa and others seem to know what is going on better than some. They want to be on the ground for the spoils and or credit for our humiliation when the time comes. How odd that when actual terrorists were destroying all the highly valuable African heritage in Mali none of these coonish people wanted to go there to fight. It took France to knock heads together.

Your mentallity is really sickening. What is in Nigeria that would make other african countries risk the lives of their soldiers for? You want to sound mighty infront of Ghana and SA but cant accept the fact that BokoHaram insurgency is a bigger problem than Nigerian Army can handle. The reason John Dramani is callling for unity is because we need african unity to defeat this problem that threatens our security. Its just a matter of time before those useless Bokoharam start reaming up with alshabaab and it will mean hell to both Nigeria annd KENYA. Mind you this is not a Ghana's problem, so when western countries unite to fight terror, Africa should unite too. and not just west africa,the whole of africa.

RedSeaKing:


Jambo rafiki/neighbor,

Habari gani?

I will pass that message to our beautiful girls.

Asante.

Mzuri sana rafiki....yea get that message to them.....they look fabulous.

I just love Ethiopian women..beautiful as Bleep.

Trailblazer1:

I'd rather be a woman than face a lion with only a spear.

Even with a bazuka I no still gree, What happens if I miss my target?

Hhahaahaha you made my day, but that story ended longt time ago. the govt cant allow them to kill our wild animals while we greatly depend on tourism.

Whoever thinks Nigeria has a strong army should explain to us how BokoHaram can abduct 200girls for more than 2months and the govt still remains clueless on how to rescue them,how Bokoharam can kill 2000 people and there is security in that nation and how can an insurgent group like BokoHaram control any section of a country(Borno) that claims to be the giant of Africa.

Anyone saying that Nigeria has a stronger army than other nations,must explain to us how BokoHaram can manage to kill 2000 people in a country with an army...or even abduct 200girls for more than a month.

Thats your opinion. I think she deserved it given that she was selected and voted by people all over the world.

He later held bilateral talks with Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta.

Ghanaian President John Mahama today toured the National Youth Service headquarters at Ruaraka, Nairobi.

President Mahama – who is on a State visit in the country – was conducted on the tour by his host President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The visiting Head of State was impressed by the NYS clean-up of Kibera slums in a video played at yesterday’s Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium.

At Ruaraka, Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru briefed the Ghanaian President on the five-point vision of the reformed NYS.

The CS said NYS will be the main actor in youth empowerment as a key driver to development.

Waiguru said 21,870 young people will be recruited to the NYS and in turn mentor 227,670 others annually. They will be organised in groups of 15.

Waiguru said NYS service men and women will be expected to transfer knowledge and skills to the community they will be working in.

She pointed out that NYS will also be engaged in traffic control, a role they will perform from February next year in Nairobi city.

President Mahama and President Kenyatta were scheduled to later hold bilateral talks at State House, Nairobi.

Glad for Miss World Kenya for getting to top 10. AFRICA

The technology is the most advanced version of the 4G system for mobile networks and promises to pass on significant improvements in data speeds and latency to its customers while maintaining superior voice quality.

Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore says the company will initially roll out the 4G service in Nairobi and Mombasa, before scaling up coverage to other major towns in the coming months.

Collymore says the LTE Advanced network will offer peak speeds of up to 100 Megabytes per second (Mbps), which is more than twice the speed offered on 3G technology making it possible for customers to download and upload files faster, as well as enjoy buffer-free streaming of audio and video.

“The direct impact of data on our economy has already been noted through the increasing number of businesses and services offered online. With 4G, we can deliver revolutionary services like tele-medicine, virtualization or real-time video that have immediate and transformational impact on our society,” said Collymore.

He said Safaricom is keen to supply affordable 4G-enabled devices including phones, routers and modems to the market, with a sub Sh9,000 phone planned for early next year.

The low cost devices will supplement the already available iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Huawei P7 smartphones along with 4G modems that shall be available in Safaricom shops and come with a free 4GB data bundle.

“Today’s launch progresses our strategic push to democratise data. We believe in the transformative power of the internet and are keen to deliver the most advanced technologies to our subscribers in order to remain the network of choice,” Collymore added.

The coming of 4G is expected to drive the growth of Internet users in the country.

READ: Kenya’s mobile phone subscriptions hit 32.2mn

In the third quarter of 2014 (April to June ) the number of Internet users increased by 3 percent to post 22.3 million users up from 21.6 million owing to increase in Internet subscription that grew by 5 percent to reach 14 million from 13.3 million.

“International Internet bandwidth available in the country declined by 2.1 percent to 847,464 Mbps down from 865,714 Mega bytes per second (Mbps) recorded in the last quarter. This decline could be attributed to the reported decrease in capacity by Sea Submarine Communications Limited (SEACOM),” the Quarterly Sector Statistics Report for the period April to June 2014 states.

Access to Internet through the mobile phones and tablets maintained an upward trend within the quarter under review recording 5.1 percent growth to stand at 13.9 million subscriptions. Furthermore, mobile data/Internet subscriptions accounted for 99 percent of the total subscriptions.

mars123:
Nigeria will always be greater than kenya.

In what aspect?

mickyarams:


My neighbor here in the UK is Kenyan and she told me Kenya is a 4cked up place. The only secued areas are the tourist resorts. The Kenyan government will rather protect the lives of western tourists than the lives of the common Kenyan. So Kenya does not need to become like Nigeria because it's a 4cked up place already.

From that comment now i see you are illiterate about Kenya. First, you are one of the victims of brain drain from africa and take a map of Kenya and run through it before you post more. Kenya is 80% occupied by christians, and violent places are the ones occupied by muslims. So again take a map.

Cannonleo:
Kenya had better not withdraw troops cos al shabbab will still look for the next excuse.to use...
As far as.kenyans are now involved.it is a fught to the finish now..so gear KDF u gat abig battle ahead of u

very true, infact, before Kenya declared war against alshabaab, they hasd already started invading Kenya.

mickyarams:
The Kenyans should not worry about becoming like Nigeria, their country is 4cked up already with or without terrorism. The only time I see Kenya on TV is when they show the Safari park, starving children and people their politicians are feeding to crocodiles. It's only a matter of time before the whole of that country is turned into a game reserve by the UN.

What you see is very different from what is happening on the ground, you need to visit Kenya and then compare it with Nigeria and spot the difference.

major466:
The Kenyans have the right to be concerned. Them citing Nigeria's case is not a mark of disrespect. The Alshabab terrorist group seem to be establishing itself right on Kenyan soil to position itself like boko haram. Kenya must not heed to the demands of the demons to withdraw from Somalia. The security of that country is still very vital to Kenyan security.
God Help Kenya.
God Help Nigeria.

I could not agree more. i agree.

IAMGEJ:
All dis futureless obama pple... well, e go only tey.




#Naijagogood

Are you talking in english?

berem:
their own case simple na! They should withdraw their troops from Somalia and the killings will end.
That's all!

They had already attacked us, before we declared war against them, and withdrawing from Somalia will not make them stop kidnapping our tourists.

berem:
their own case simple na! They should withdraw their troops from Somalia and the killings will end.
That's all!

They had already attacked us, before we declared war against them, and withdrawing from Somalia will not make them stop kidnapping our terrorists.

denisfidha:
I hope we will get out of this mess of insecurity soon and with dignity

i hope so too,hope the changes that the presidnet made will give an impact towards making these terrorists feel the pain they've caused us.

more

more photos of the protests

Hundreds of Kenyans on Tuesday held peaceful demonstrations in Nairobi to protest at the soaring insecurity in the east African nation and urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to sack top security officials.

The protesters chanted slogans demanding security forces to stop the killings and ensure safety of Kenyans in the wake of the weekend bus massacre in northern Kenya, in which 28 non-Muslims were killed by terrorists.

“We are protesting against the failure of the security system and to demand immediate and effective action to reverse the dire security situation and that is why demonstrators have chosen to occupy Harambee Avenue where the offices of the president, his deputy and other government departments critical to security are located,” they said,

“It seems as if the government agencies only react after an incident occurs and fail to listen to intelligence and set up preventive measures. At the end of the day, it is up to the President, as the leader of the country and patriarch of the government, to ensure that the citizens feel secure and those who are sleeping on the job are held accountable,” they said.

The protesters, who were later joined by Senator Boni Khalwale, demanded the overhaul of security agencies, saying they are responsible for the deaths in insecurity incidents.

Khalwale said he was affected by the Mandera bus attacks on Saturday in which 28 people, 21 of whom were teachers, were killed in Mandera. He said 11 of the dead were from his home county of Kakamega. The senator said it was high time for the government to put competent people in office and the ensure the security of Kenyans

The protesters are also agitating for the sacking of Cabinet Secretary for Interior Joseph Ole Lenku and Inspector-General of police David Kimaiyo, whom they accused of laxity in acting on insecurity in the country.

“The consensus among most of the country’s citizens is that the government is not doing enough to deal with insecurity and offer proper protection to its citizens,” shouted one of the demonstrators.

The protests have been occasioned by an attack on a Nairobi- bound bus from Mandera over the weekend in which 28 people were first tortured then shot dead by Somali militants who later claimed responsibility.

The protesters, who included the civil society and legislators, carried crosses in respect to the Mandera martyrs.

The group under the banner of “Occupy Harambee Avenue” has been mobilizing support for the protest since Sunday through social media.

denisfidha:


Kenya is open in-terms of freedom of expression and media but still, Its kinda scary when he starts to have a habit of wearing full military uniform though, considering the history of African heads of state who had/have a habit of doing so. I know he means well to show support and boost morale for the military especially in these trying times but he shouldn't sort of make it a habit, at least in the eyes of civilians

Yeah there has been a bad reputation of dictators and rebels but lets hope he intends to change that perception. he has been doing great work lately lets hope he can change that mentality in Affrica

Kenyan, but i must say those are words of wisdom

East African Standby Force...
Kenya has launched its part of the EASF that will see the Eastern Africa region have a united vision on security nad potential threat.

Uhuru Kenyatta (President and CIC of KDF), General Julius Karangi(Chief of KDF),Racheylle Omamo(Cabinet Secretary of Defence,Kenya)