KDF najificha kwa nyasi during Manda Bay attack

What a shame…

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

Americans have highly criticised the Kenya Defence Forces over the January 5 attack at Camp Simba in Manda Bay.

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 while other American troops and support staff were corralled into tents, with little protection, to wait out the battle,” NYT says in the article published on Wednesday.

The article is likely to draw criticism from the Kenyan audience and government due to the manner in which it paints the KDF soldiers.

International media has been criticised in the past for painting the African continent in bad light especially when covering Western interests in the continent.

:D:D they weren’t hiding, am sure it was a strategic move by our very disciplined forces to out flank the enemy…probably some went haja ndogo hence overstaying in the long grass. :smiley:

Hawa wa Amerika ni makende sana…if I was a kenyan soldier, I wouldn’t risk my life for uncle sam. Ghaseer wao.

this is not news…it is expected of them,A story is told of how kdf shot at each other in westgate mall killing their own,Americans should be thankful that they decided to hide in the grass this time

Watu waache blame game na wao wenyewe walifukuzwa Somalia 1993. Those same elite delta force in tgat story as well as U.S army rangers and seals their bodies were dragged through the streets by crazy skinnies.

They U.S never went back to Somalia. Kwa hivyo watulie… A crazy skinny is a dangerous creature.

New noun: crazy skinny:D

And why weren’t they guarding the place with their own soldiers to start with.

Sasa private Odhis na ameenda kuota jua hapo Lamu na kuangalia naked ladies wakipita pale kwa beach. Na ikiwezekana aangukie kamoja apate greencard, fcuk Kenya, fcuk KDF and their poor pay.

am wondering why cant Kenya have its soldiers at US to guard its interests. well done boys!!! Next time musonge mbali kabisa,the other side of the perimeter fence.

Kudos kDF. The Americans can contract their own security. After all, it doesn’t matter who wins the battle if you are dead.

Ako wapi senior eunuch @imei2012 ajitetee.Kazi ni kukula tu malaya

There are some very highly skilled and deserving soldiers in KDF. However, most of them are just ordinary hill billies from the backside of nowhere who greased the right hands to join the force. My dad’s best friend is a retired major. All his 4 sons are in KDF and I don’t think it is a coincidence.

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In Summary
• United States has deployed one of its top elite military units to guard its interests off the Kenyan Coast.
• The deployment was made after al-Shabaab militia killed the three Americans.
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The Manda Bay Attack
Americans have highly criticised the Kenya Defence Forces over the January 5 attack at Camp Simba in Manda Bay.
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 while other American troops and support staff were corralled into tents, with little protection, to wait out the battle,” NYT says in the article published on Wednesday.

The article is likely to draw criticism from the Kenyan audience and government due to the manner in which it paints the KDF soldiers.
International media has been criticised in the past for painting the African continent in bad light especially when covering Western interests in the continent.

One US service member and two contractors were killed during the al Shabaab attack.
In addition, the US Africa Command confirmed that two Department of Defence members were wounded in the attack.
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The American newspaper further insinuates that the Americans believe that the terrorists may have been assisted by Kenyan workers at the camp.
"Investigators are looking at the possibility the attackers had help from Kenyan staff on the base. The performance of the Kenyan security forces during and after the battle frustrated American officials,"the article states.

It claimed that Kenyans announced they had captured six al Shabaab, but they all turned out to be “bystanders and were released.”

According to the New York Times, on the morning of the attack, contractor pilots Dustin Harrison, 47, and Bruce Triplett, 64, were taxiing their Beechcraft King Air 350 on Manda Bay’s tarmac.
“They throttled down their engines, according to one person familiar with the attack. The two men reported that they saw animals darting across the runway,” the article states.
It adds; “They were wrong. The animals were in fact Shabab fighters, who had infiltrated the base’s outer perimeter — a poorly defended fence line — before heading to the base’s airstrip.”
The newspaper says that as the twin-propeller Beechcraft, loaded with sensors and video equipment for surveillance, began to taxi, the Shabab fighters fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the plane, killing Harrison and Triplett.
“With the plane on fire, a third contractor, badly burned in the rear of the aircraft, crawled out to safety,” it states.
United States deployed one of its top elite military units to guard its interests off the Kenyan Coast immediately after the attack.

The deployment was made after al-Shabaab militia killed the three Americans.
On January 9, Senior US Africa Command officials visited partner forces and American troops stationed at Camp Simba and Manda Bay Airfield.
US Africa Commander Gen Stephen Townsend directed an investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the attack by al-Shabaab of the airfield at Manda Bay.
“I want ground truth to assess the situation and hear from the troops to ensure they have what they need to accomplish their mission.,” Townsend said on January 9.
On November 5, al-Shabaab released a 52-minute video narrated by al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Omar Abu Ubeyda calling for attacks against Americans wherever they are.
The terror group stated that the American public is a legitimate target, and echoing a number of other global jihadist themes observed in Usama Bin Laden historical videos

Yeah, KDF guys kazi ni kukula MRE biscuits na kudinya bibi za wenyewe bure kabisa hao… i saw them punishing a citizen in a vid some weeks back on the road side those bastards should have saved that energy for combat.

Americans na spinning!!! Too bad some of you are buying it hook line and sinker… Hiyo ndo ntasema tu

niggaz…you digest ANYTHING SO long as it’s FOREIGN…only to whine 24/7 …oh maisha ni ngumu sana hapa nyumbani.
Hopeless niggaz for sho

when you go back to your wives, and you enjoy them at night, know that someone out there is providing that safety room

It’s the Americans who called them skinnies when they invaded Somalia

People have been fucking their wives before Kenya had a defense force so spare us the crap. Sir. KDF are not doing Kenyans a favor by protecting them. We pay them very well. The service isn’t free and they work voluntarily. If you think KDF deserve a standing ovation, think again. So KDF soldiers should spare us the crap as if we owe them any favors. They work for little pieces of paper called money.

Brownie si ulipiga batallion mzima ya recce squad peke yako?

Very correct. Kenyan soldiers swore to defend the Nation ie Kenya. Not defend American interests.

Americans never accept defeat wapi @patco

So shitty Yankees expected our sons and daughters to shield their dirty asses from shabaab gunfire??