The cost of Kenya's misguided & damaging adventure in Somalia

[OdaySomali]

President Kenyatta (of Kenya): "We all have a responsibility to bring this [terrorism] to an end. Tourism has been greatly affected by these terror activities. The industry which contributes 10 percent to the GDP is virtually on its knees," he said after a consultative meeting with members of the Eastleigh Business Community and elected leaders at State House.

 

 

What did he think would happen to tourism? SMH.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

He is just worried about some segments of his industry nothing wrong with that Kenya had to intervene Alshabaab was kidnapping people inside Kenya. This damaged the tourism industry to, the full military incursion damaged Kenya's tourism industry to.

[OdaySomali]

By creating, funding and arming militias in Somalia's southernmost regions (that border Kenya), Kenya's leadership was instrumental in instigating the violence and banditry that took place along its border with Somalia. Kenya's misguided and corrupt officials should have engaged in some forethought before taking certain actions that would later come back to bite them in the behind and should not have recklessly endangered the lives and livelihoods of their citizens. For them to then complain about those very bandits they created - they later realised that they could not effectively control them, though they could conveniently blame the banditry on Al-Shabab - is incoherent and disingenuous to the extent possible.

 

Another gross miscalculation and rash decision was the invading and occupying of the southernmost regions of Somalia, because they should have realised that in doing they had more to lose than they stood to gain. They stood to significantly damage their lucrative tourism industry for years to come and lose FDI due to the risk of terrorism. And now they are complaining that "the [tourism] industry which contributes 10 percent to the GDP is virtually on its knees"... well who would have expected that? [sarcasm].

 

Xaaji what do you think of the Kenyan troops and policemen harassing, arresting, detaining, raping and stealing from innocent Somalis inside Kenya in their hundreds? Or Kenya creating, funding and arming militias in Somalia's southernmost regions... do either of those two things, in your mind, give sufficient cause for a would-be Somali government to demand the invasion of the northern regions of Kenya, to "safeguard" its interests?

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Kenyans should protect their country from shabaab and eat the fruits of their industry and Somalia should be at peace with it self.