KDF celebrates after Kismayo capture
News streaming in on Friday 28th from the Somalia warfront indicates that the ongoing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) mission in Somalia is rather hitting the climax following today’s capture of AL-Shabaab’s stronghold; Kismayo. Marking the second time in less than a month that KDF Soldiers alongside Amisom forces have staged ambush of the town, it’s now apparent that they’ve managed to gain full control of the area. Speaking via a tweet, the Department of Defence headquarters hinted, “KDF troops have taken control of Kismayo. Residents are advised to avoid areas where KDF and Somalia National Army troops are to avoid collateral damage.”
Confirming the report, KDF’s Information Officer Cyrus Oguna revealed that the military successfully entered the no-go zone at around 2:00am early today and commenced their well planned operations. Residents in the area have been advised by both the KDF and SNA troops to keep off from the battle areas to avoid ‘collateral damage’. The military officer also made confirmations that indeed no casualties have been reported from the military wing and that all soldiers are safe and sound.
The victory comes merely two days after the KDF soldiers brought down an armory store and warehouse owned by the already weaked Al-Shabaab militants and consequently stemmed up their presence at the Kismayo airport.
Conflicting reports in the Somalia media agencies seek to insist that Hizbul Islam has broken ranks with the Al-Qaeda linked group following their defeat in the war.
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thats a nice work ma mates.i owe u great respect and congratulations.u have made me,kenya,africa and the rest of the world proud of u
AL SHABAAB LIVED BY THE SWORD AND THE SAME IS BEFALLEN THEM.KUDOS KDF
its merely enough but let the kdf not to take everything for granted. u ar nt n safe hands ;thz iz aterrain land that u can’t understand. one thing u have not yet known iz that young men have not gone out of town ;munakula sembe na mtajisahau that’s the Wright time mtakarangwa. we ar proud of kdf lakini.
We have to show respect to God and KDF for their efforts. Somalians are the most sturbon human beings in the world .
It is with great honor that the Kenya government set apart the 14th October as a day to celebrate our KDF heroes. As a psychologist ,my opinion is that the KDF commnunity (families included) continues to receive psycholgical support among other froms os support to prevent development of post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) or it has occured to reduce the impact of the same to very minimal levels. Kudos KDF!