NAIROBI ( Halbeeg News) – Kenyan Defense Forces chief, General Samson Mwathethe visited troops serving in Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday.
Gen Mwathethe made a visit to troops in Kuday Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Badhadhe District, Lower Juba where he conveyed new year and Christmas season greetings to the soldiers.
“I have come here today to bring Christmas and New Year greetings, first from our Commander-In-Chief, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and also from KDF fraternity at home. They are proud of you and of the successes you have achieved during your tour of duty,” Gen Mwathethe said.
He praised Kenya Defence Forces (KDF for their continuous successes in pacifying their areas of responsibility and ensuring peace mission in the neighboring country adding that peace in Somalia translates to peace in Kenya.
“We are in Somalia because we know that if Somalia is free of Al Shabaab and terrorism, Kenya will also be free of the scourge. We must, therefore, ensure that we destroy the enemy here, to guarantee the destruction of the enemy at home. Our actions and successes here will safeguard a Kenya, devoid of fear of terror attacks that have from time to time been launched at home,” Gen Mwathethe said.
Gen Mwathethe stressed the need for Kenyan soldiers to execute their mandate in the AMISOM peacekeeping mission saying that they will be well equipped for the task.
“I am happy that we have been able to provide the best equipment for the task that we have been mandated to undertake in this mission. We have, over time, appreciated your various needs and I am confident that with the defenses that we have, with the weapons that we have and with the courage of the soldier that we have, I have no doubt that we shall execute our tasks successfully,” Gen Mwathethe added.
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