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Stargate254:
Speaking of which, There is a TV Series being released about border patrol unit by Foxton Media. its mostly in Swahili (with english subtitle) Looks like its gonna be action packed, atleast based on the trailer.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=k_it_HUhxBc

NTSA:
administration police border patrol unit

Foxton Media has unveiled the first trailer for upcoming military drama series Mpakani scheduled to premiere on KBC Channel 1 on Monday, November 28th at 10 PM.

The series revolves around a Special Intervention Unit (SIU) of the administration police dispatched to the frontline in a fictitious town called Wajii, to deal with the threat posed by the notorious criminal Burhaan who is planning a major terrorist attack in Nairobi.

Mpakani follows the personal lives and inner workings of the 6-unit team stationed at a regular Rural Border Patrol Unit (RBPU) base at the Kenya/Somalia border

The Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), Lieutenant General Marcos De Sa Affonso Da Costa paid a visit to Kenyan troops deployed under the Force Intervention Brigade in Beni, DRC.

Lieutenant General Da Costa was also treated to a camp tour where he was able appreciate key facilities and weaponry of service personnel that are key in mission success. Speaking during the event, he commended the Kenyan troops for their continued effort in support of United Nations mandate in the DR Congo and urged them to stay vigilant for any future task.

Wuoche:
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Fynline:
I noticed the plate careers some of your soldiers on deployment to DRC use appears to be a small size one or is it the way it was designed? Sometimes it looks like it is sitting a little above the stomach

Tinfoil:
Those F5s are wayyy past their due date

Faithful007:
I hear the M23 rebels are about to invade Goma. Let's see how this ends. its all fun, adventure and flag displays till the death toll starts to rise exponentially.

Meanwhile Kenyan troops are the best dressed in Africa.

The commander of the East African Community military force deployed in eastern DR Congo has said political and diplomatic processes are “the first priority” among efforts to pacify the country’s restive region.

Maj Gen Jeff Nyagah, from Kenya, said the military option does not always guarantee peace.
“Sometimes, war does not necessarily bring peace. You have to pursue diplomacy,” Gen Nyagah told journalists in Goma on Wednesday, November 16.

He said there were a number of options to end the conflict in eastern DR Congo, a region that has known no peace for over two decades and is home to multiple armed groups.
The current conflict between government forces FARDC and the M23 rebel group has intensified since October 20. An estimated 188,000 people have been internally displaced.
The political process was “the first priority,” among the options to be considered, Gen Nyagah said, referring to the Nairobi talks between the Congolese government and the armed groups operating in the country’s east and the Luanda roadmap, which was signed in Angola in July between Rwanda and DR Congo presidents.

“The second track, and is very critical for you to note, is the issue of disarmament and demobilisation not only targeting M23 – because we seem to focus on M23. We have over 120 armed groups in eastern DRC, and they have instigated a significant degree of insecurity.

“If these two tracks fail, then we’ll automatically transit to the third track, that is military action.”

Kenya has already deployed troops in eastern DR Congo as part of the regional efforts. The latest cohort arrived in Goma last week.

Kenya’s former President Uhuru Kenyatta, the EAC facilitator in the eastern DR Congo peace process, has called on all the armed groups to lay down their arms and allow dialogue to take place.

The latest intense fighting between FARDC and M23 on Friday, November 11 led to further displacements. Over 100 Congolese refugees have since crossed to Rwanda, as fighting approached Goma the capital of North Kivu Province.

The Nairobi talks are expected to resume on November 21. The EAC bloc has called for inclusivity in the process for a lasting solution to take hold.

https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/2698/news/security/political-process-key-in-fixing-dr-congo-conflict--gen-nyagah

kikuyu1:
Ruto is a go getter. The ex prez was always lazy and liked whisky too much to be a true performer despite being exposed,educated and smart. WTF is he attending ANC conferences? Btw,any rumours of his sobriety at these conferences?

Faithful007:
That's why I said "Here we go again".

Negotiating with an invasion? How will that work?

BTW Why is Kenya so obsessed with fighting wars that are frankly not their business? I get the goodwill part but still find that quite absurd. This was the same way they entered Somalia and consequently imported terrorism into their own country. Air and logistic support should be all at most. F*ck EAC whatever, I don't see why Kenyan infantry should be on the frontline in a charity war. Maybe their generals just enjoy wars. Kenya has no business in that FARDC-M23/ Rwanda shit show.

Please correct me if am wrong but out of all those EAC countries, I believe Kenya is the newcomer in that conflict, yet they seem to have donated the largest troops and are apparently leading the charge.

Faithful007:
Here we go again. As usual;

WHILE TRUE

Foreign army enters to solve civil war.

Initial successes by the foreign army.

Massive civilian support.

War changes to Insurgency and stalemates.

Foreign army is blamed for all the problems in the country down to the cockroaches in the country.

Blame games and loss of civil support.

Foreign army gets tired and leaves the country.

Insurgency turns into a civil war once again

LOOP

kikuyu1:
These multi unit ops can be tricky.

Who has ULTIMATE operational control? Who far does his mandate reach among the different sub unit commanders?

Ie, if he tells say the UPDF bn commander to block the route of a retreating M 23 group and engage them and he says,"hell no!," what then?
This actually happened in S Sudan 2016. The commander of the peace keepers was Kenyan and ordered the Chinese on scene commander to secure a certain IDP camp in Juba where some female CIA agents had taken shelter amongst the displaced.
Because the US bribed Riek Machar to restart the war to halt China's advance in the oilfields the Chinese commander listened to Beijing ignoring the Kenyan general.
The infuriated Dinkas got their hands on the 5 or so female CIA agents IIRC they all needed extensive psychotherapy and surgery for cervical scarring.

NTSA:
I just hope there will be more hardware acquisition in this new regime.

Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate William Ruto has criticized the nation’s small arms manufacturing in Ruiru, Kiambu County, claiming it is not economically viable.

Speaking during the launch of his manifesto held at Kasarani stadium, the Kenya kwanza leader questioned the sense of the idea of the factory that he says cost Ksh4 billion.

In an attack seemingly veiled on the Head of State, Ruto stated that it would have been better for the government to construct garment factories since it’s cheaper.

Comparing the two, the DP stated that the Kitui county government invested Ksh168 million on a clothing industry that produced 600 jobs.

He claimed that this was comparable to Ksh280,000 per job, while the weapons factory was Ksh40 million per job.

“We have recently inaugurated a firearms factory that cost Ksh.4 billion and celebrated the fact that it will create 100 or so jobs. This works out to an investment of Ksh.40 million per job,” he said in his Kenya Kwanza coalition manifesto launch.

“In the same country, the County Government of Kitui established a garment factory with a capacity for 600 jobs at a cost of Ksh.168 million, Ksh.280,000 per job. The Ksh.4 billion gun factory investment is the equivalent of 24 Kitui garment factories and 14,000 jobs.”

Ruto went on to say that policy decisions made for investments, rather than the amount of money available, were what ultimately dictated economic decisions.

He asserted that this was how the trickle-down and bottom-up economic theories differed.

In April of last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the Ksh. 4 billion facility, which has a single-shift annual production capacity of 12,000 assault rifles.

Odunayaw:
Eggface moment

I no de like this kain thing

Toju200:
Kenya air force AH-1 cobra

Lurker4Long:
Honduras, not Uganda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1kV2Z1iysk

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Ugandan Military paratroopers as seen on Uganda’s independence celebrations on October 9, 2022.

Kenyans must be very afraid, because this is the army whose former commander, the President’s son, threatened to invade Nairobi!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/uHm0EeCIIf

— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) October 11, 2022

Lurker4Long:
The last time a Ugandan leader challenged one of her neighbours to the east, it didn't end well. Young Muhoozi should ask his father, as M7 was a direct beneficiary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War

Balogunodua:
KOT are very mad

Bur on a serious note, what is Tanzanian doing?

NTSA:
In other news Ugandan of Commander land forces Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba says it would take him just two weeks to capture Nairobi

Tinfoil:
Mars and space exploration is just a big waste of money.

That kind of money would be best spent on education, healthcare and maybe nuclear power plants and digging bore holes(national water reserves).

Africa is due for a mega drought. Countries like Uganda that depend on hydro power would have their economies destroyed

Lurker4Long:
Perhaps we should start by catching up here on Earth, before thinking about Mars?