AMISOM mission unstoppable
Jun 01, 2012
The New Vision has given a chronological timeline of East Africa’s bomb attacks that date back from July 13, 1998, to the latest of May 28 in Nairobi-Kenya where the number of causalities is still largely unknown, and the cause even a bigger mystery.
Pamela Ankunda
The New Vision has given a chronological timeline of East Africa’s bomb attacks that date back from July 13, 1998, to the latest of May 28 in Nairobi-Kenya where the number of causalities is still largely unknown, and the cause even a bigger mystery.
There are all indications that even if it was an electrical shock, then it might have been a terror electrical shock-with all insinuations of terrorism. The August 7, 2008 twin bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that left hundreds dead and the twin bombings in Kampala that left over 70 dead have so far been the biggest.
Stories of a looming al-Qaeda cell and a possible Al Shabaab threat in East Africa have been widely published. Apparently, many young people who once left Somalia as refugees are increasingly returning to join suicide cells using Kenya as possible terror route.
An MP once wrote an article praising the Al Shabaab for inflicting pain on innocent civilians. At that time, people called him the un-official spokesperson of the militants.
However, even major cities, with no deployment in Somalia, have been hit. To understand how their world operates, is to take a close look inside their world. But with AMISOM’s firm grip on its mandate and objectives, Somalia will one day be terror free.
Nonetheless, our friend-the MP had called for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia because Kampala had been hit. He argued that we needed to put pressure on Museveni to ‘halt the Somalia adventure”, adding that “If we had a sane government, we would never have sent our troops to Somalia”.
His remarks and responses drew wild criticism and debate emerged about what the actual role of UPDF was.
While UPDF has been able to stay away from domestic factions in Somalia, it has built formidable trust, making it easy capture more terrorist held areas and bring a sense of freedom in leading the way of total pacification of Somalia.
Mogadishu is under AMISOM and Mogadishu University will soon be operational again. Trade is booming with humanitarian aid reaching thousands of people.
AMISOM force Commander Lt. General Andrew Guti says; “our mission is unstoppable”.
The writer works with the Uganda Media Centre