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KDF modernization program

Defence policy was released back in 2017

This White Paper is a broad guideline from which the KDF draws the ways and means with which to carry out its obligations. The KDF subscribes to civil prerogative from which its duties and tasks emanate.To promote economic prosperity and elevate the social status of the people of Kenya, the defence of the nation must be stoic, visionary and dynamic. In this regard therefore, KDF is enhancing its capacity in; logistics and maintenance, C4IS systems, counter-terror techniques,disaster mitigation capacities and HCA assets among others. There is a deliberate emphasis on infrastructure development, R & D and technology transfer to foster self reliance.

And to follow up on that, here are some recent updates on that.

A New Slipway for Kenya Navy

The facility, whose construction is scheduled to be completed by 2021 is set to elevate the Kenya Navy to an industrialized entity in ship building in the region.
The slipway, poised to be amongst the largest such facilities on the East African coast will enable Kenya establish a foothold in ship building and maintenance in the region to compete with similar facilities in South Africa (around 80 meters) and Djibouti (a floating dock of around 50 meters).
Construction of the new slipway that will cater for current and future docking and maintenance of ships at the Kenya Navy has been long overdue especially with the ongoing modernization and acquisition of new vessels, as the existing one had come of age ..... The new slipway will have two hangars to cater for specialized ship refitting; conversion repair, maintenance and construction requirements.

the new slipway shipyard at Mtongwe Navy Base, which will be able handle vessels with a capacity of up to 4,000 tonnes and measuring 150 metres long and 30 metres wide

shadowprimezero:
KDF commissioning newly acquired C-27J aircraft

with a skilled pilot, you can do some crazy aerobatic maneuvers with the C-27J


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uU7neiDJk0

kabe1:
American troops patrolling in Kenya

For future reference


This is Manda Naval base where Camp Simba and Camp Kiboko are located,

That area they are patrolling, you see that grey stuff on the pic you posted? that's the ballast , found in and around the American camp (you can see it up-close on the last pic)

The Naval base itself is very expansive, Its about 4km lond and 3km wide so thats 12km.sq right there, and it goes all the way to the beach, As you can see about 70% of the naval base is under-developed... That whole area needs patrolling and that job fell solely on the Kenyans, I suspect that's gonna change now and we will start to see more joint base protection, or atleast the Americans will want to be assigned some shifts on the base security.

(This is Fidha254 BTW, the other account has been telling me to wait a few hours to post... its been 2 days now so I decided to create another account.)

kabe1:



According to the New York Times, Kenyan soldiers hid in the grass during the attack that saw three Americans killed when al-Shabaab attacked the base.

"Many of the local Kenyan forces, assigned to defend the base, hid in the grass.

Kenyans announced they had captured six al Shabaab, but they all turned out to be "bystanders and were released."

https://www.the-star.co.ke/amp/news/2020-01-22-us-army-criticises-kdf-action-during-manda-bay-attack/?__twitter_impression=true

That's a bunch of bull, blame the African army cause they obviously don't know what they are doing mentality

When you are a sentry and someone attacks your camp, do you all leave your posts and go to where the attack is happening? what if another group of the attackers was waiting in the bush for you to leave your assigned post, and the first attack was the distraction, and as soon as you leave they gained entry to the main camp? did the writer think of that?
If it had been the American sentries who did that it would have been called "Taking cover and holding their position" but because it was the Africans its called "hiding in the grass".

And the capturing and releasing of suspects who were standing at the perimeter fence, Anyone of them could have been :

1. An alshabaab member left behind after being separated from the attackers during the gunfight and was trying to blend in with the crowd.
2. Or could have been standing there with a radio coordinating the attack from a far (Something that actually happened during the garissa attack and thats how one of the suspects now serving life in prison was arrested with a radio,map of the university with drawing of where they would attack, a DVD with radical propaganda..etc)
3. Alshabaab could have left and IED or rigged some explosives and left a guy to wait till military personnel gathered at the location then the guy would remotely detonate the IED while watching right at the edge of the perimeter.
4. Could have been standing at the fence tasked with recording the aftermath with a camera or a smartphone for propaganda purpose.....

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All those are reasons to arrest suspiciously looking people standing by after you have just been attacked, I mean who stands by at the fence of a location that has just been attacked by alshabaab, normal average people run away from the gunfight. [And they were released after being found innocent (but too curious), if KDF was unprofessional, they would have insisted they were terrorists in order to save face] I bet you, if KDF had not bothered to even do that, the same article would have said KDF didn't even cordoned off the perimeter to nab any suspects and just left them to slip away however or whenever they want.
The American planes were about to take off, Like I have told you before, the airstrip side of the camp is very unsecured, so much so that the Americans soldiers in humvees usually place themselves strategically around the runway when planes are taking off or landing to ward off any wild animals or walk ins by people from the bush ---- Where were they this time? They probably got lazy doing that so the blame shouldnt be entirely squared on KDF....

And BTW, if KDF were the cowards that the article wants to paint them, how/where did they find the courage to follow the rest of the fleeing attackers , This was the commander of the attack, he was killed 15km from the camp after being trailed by KDF from the same camp