₦airaland Forum

GreenandGold:
At times, I forget Kenya is in a rough neighborhood...

Sometimes I feel like that calm is more out of luck than design. Our military is professional, disciplined, and well trained, but when it comes to heavy firepower and equipment... we're punching way below our weight.

kdf pre-deployment training for troops being deployed to somalia

Kenya’s Defence Cyber Team, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Army Signal Regiment, participated at this year’s Defence Cyber Marvel (DCM) – a large-scale cyber exercise featuring 36 elite teams from around the world.

Hosted by 71 Signal Regiment at The Peace & Conflict Studies School-IPSTC, DCM puts military cyber forces through high-intensity challenges, testing their ability to defend against real-world cyber threats.

US, KDF control aircraft during an air ground integration display at Justified Accord

Currently over 14 makeshift camps have been neutralized by AP's tactical elite units of SOG and GSU teams . The op is still ongoing.

Baller254:
kenyas north dry red extreme environments with exotic, nomadic cross-border tribal peoples, has been a challenge for years
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXuYprs3j7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRMxMoix7WI

8weeks ago, the Hamaji wing of the Oromo Liberation Army (a sprinter group of OLF) held an open forum with hundreds of fighters in attendance at Hoba village in Sololo Marsabit county for the first time on Kenyan Soil. The meeting was led by OLA commander in KE Garmacho
NB The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) is an armed rebel group that split from Ethiopia's Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)

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Bacteria8:
Yes. But a thousand words doesn't mean "fact".

what fact does the initial statement contain?

NTSA:
"It is true the U.S. contribution to the UN Trust Fund for MSS Haiti is on pause, affecting about $15M in support. It is also true that the MSS mission is a priority and a beneficiary of the waiver.

Meanwhile, there are sufficient funds in the UN Trust Fund for Haiti from other countries (approx.. $110M) to continue operations".Kenyas National security advisor Amb. Dr. Monica Juma.

More police officers deployed yesterday

Baller254:
Trump halted funding for Haiti mission till further review

"It is true the U.S. contribution to the UN Trust Fund for MSS Haiti is on pause, affecting about $15M in support. It is also true that the MSS mission is a priority and a beneficiary of the waiver.

Meanwhile, there are sufficient funds in the UN Trust Fund for Haiti from other countries (approx.. $110M) to continue operations".Kenyas National security advisor Amb. Dr. Monica Juma.

Bacteria8:
This doesn't mean anything.
Terrorists can make their tents with whatever materials they lay their hands on. Or take over already made tents and shoot their unholy videos/photo ops

A picture is worth 1,000 words

GreenandGold:
Here's a picture of Al Shabab next to the KDF equipment. Does that mean the Kenyan DoD sponsored them?

It depends on how you want to Interpret it. Same case to the above picture(Picture worth 1000 words)

A picture is worth 1,000 words

NTSA:
Inaugural Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) challenge for the Eastern Africa Police just concluded at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre (CTTC) Mayange in Bugesera District Rwanda.

Results
Obstacle Crossing Event
1️⃣ Rwanda (RNP SWAT) – Finished in record time
2️⃣ South Sudan
3️⃣ (Unknown )
4️⃣ Kenya (ERT - ATPU)
5️⃣-9️⃣ Djibouti, Somalia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Uganda (Exact order not provided)

2. Tactical Event (Hostage Rescue)
🏆 1st Place: Kenya (ERT - ATPU) – Completed in a record 72 seconds with no rule violations

3. Assault Event
🥇 1st Place: Rwanda (Men’s Team)
🥈 2nd Place: Kenya (ERT - ATPU)

rugged7:
Is there any particular reason the anglophone countries like Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Uganda & Ghana cannot organize regular military war games and counterinsurgency exchanges between them
I see Kenya has a dedicated simulation area it regularly trains with U.K troops.
What is the drawback?

Inaugural Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) challenge for the Eastern Africa Police just concluded at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre (CTTC) Mayange in Bugesera District Rwanda.

In 2022, the KDF arrived in DRC (EACRF), as M23 were advancing towards Goma. Advance was halted. There was withdrawal of M23 from Kibumba, Rumagambo & Kishishe.

Then came DRC elections.Tshisekedi who was facing an election, needed a war to galvanise support. What was a smooth relationship with the force and force commander swiftly deteriorated up to that (in)famous incident where he publicly berated the Force Commander in the presence of EAC Heads of State, for not going to war as he wanted. Bear in mind as all this was going on, DRC wasn't even remitting its financial contribution to the mission, as earlier agreed, and Kenya was bearing the majority of the cost.

KDF had to leave to save its image from complex security situation.

2025: Goma has fallen

Jan 7, 2023....M23 Rebels vacate Rumagambo as KDF exploits Military Diplomacy doctrines in the Area of Operation.

Kenyan generals and military strategists recognised the problem in DRC to be a political one that needed a political solution,@eacrf_DRC
actually did its job. It secured territory, it protected civilians, it got the combatants to the table. Basically, EACRF guaranteed peace.

The force was supposed to act as a tool of diplomacy to compel compliance to the political agreement.
DRC however wanted an auxiliary force that they could control (and not pay for) that they could use to attack Rwanda. The Congolese weren't and aren't interested in peace.

AskiaHarem:
Is that a good thing or bad thing for you personally?

I think it's a shame for the AU

It seems like Goma has fallen .

A second contingent of Kenya police officers deployed to the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti.

rugged7:
Is there any particular reason the anglophone countries like Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Uganda & Ghana cannot organize regular military war games and counterinsurgency exchanges between them
I see Kenya has a dedicated simulation area it regularly trains with U.K troops.
What is the drawback?

East African countries do conduct joint military exercises, but not as frequently or extensively

KDF introduced a cutting-edge military training system, Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES), to hone the combat skills of soldiers & units, & derive the best value from live training

can anybody Identify the drone?

Kenya paramilitary police & Haitian police officers repulse constant attacks by Haitian gang from the roof top of a police station, they regain control.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QWzIAYZIA?si=E302Dgf1WazrAJcb

NTSA:
Dozens of Somali National Army soldiers have been photographed seeking refuge at a site manned by the Kenyan security agencies at the Ishiakani border town in Kenya amid ongoing armed clashes at Raskamboni area between Federal government troops and Jubaland regional forces.

some back story... During Kenya's military intervention in Somalia in 2012, Madobe emerged as an ally. Kenyan forces worked with his Ras Kamboni Brigade, a militia opposed to Al-Shabaab, to capture and stabilize the strategic port city of Kismayo in September 2012. With Kenyan backing, Madobe became the leader of Jubaland, a semi-autonomous region in southern Somalia, and has been the de facto president ever since.

Recently, the Somali central government deployed Turkish-trained Gorgor troops to Ras Kamboni to overthrow the regional president. with their supply lines cut and without air support. They surrendered en mass this morning after clashes with Jubaland forces. Here they are pictured crossing over into kenya

Dozens of Somali National Army soldiers have been photographed seeking refuge at a site manned by the Kenyan security agencies at the Ishiakani border town in Kenya amid ongoing armed clashes at Raskamboni area between Federal government troops and Jubaland regional forces.

KDF

Some elite Tactical units and special forces allow the officers to have "Relaxed dress code"

NTSA:
Trainees from Kenya have successfully completed their Bayraktar UCAV training at the Baykar Flight Training Center in Turkiye and graduated. Seems like KDF will finally be having armed drones

There are reports that the drones will not be operated by the Kdf instead they will be operated by elite units under the NIS (national Intelligence Service )

Trainees from Kenya have successfully completed their Bayraktar UCAV training at the Baykar Flight Training Center in Turkiye and graduated. Seems like KDF will finally be having armed drones

I've noticed a growing trend where militaries in conflict zones are increasingly adapting to subterranean warfare.Probably it will be the next big thing in this era of drones.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFtmYSwWMgA?si=i2f1REiqsuCqwfl8