MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – Kenya’s Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has confirmed that his country received 17 million USD for its contribution to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis).
Addressing the country’s Assembly, Duale said Nairobi was paid the amount in the past five years, saying the money was sent to the National Treasury in tranches of $3.3 million annually.
Mr Duale further said compensation for dead soldiers in Somalia is settled within 30 days.
“If the officer was serving within the country, they immediately get Ksh4 million ($26, 881) above his pension which has a component called death gratuity. If he was serving under Atmis like in Somalia, apart from the Ksh4 million, the AU and the UN give that family Ksh5 million ($33,602),” Duale said.
The minister did not reveal how many soldiers and officers were killed in Somalia.
The East African nation deployed its troops in Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab fighters in Southern Somalia in 2011.
A year later, the UN Security Council gave Kenya the green light to join Amisom, a decision that meant the Treasury would not bear the full costs of the incursion.
During mission in Somalia, Kenyan military lost hundreds of soldiers in Al-Shabaab attack on KDF military bases in El Adde, Kulbiyow and Hoosingo towns in southern Somalia.
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