In the war against al shaabab bandits/goons, we are either doing badly or our press briefing is too down. Why tell us abt the planes carrying weapons to baidoa and badhere? Why did we send you there? Not to tell us what is happening bt to control what is happening. Why didnt you stop the planes? This is war. Ground the planes, destroy the weapons..unless the info received from the villagers. Also, stop telling us abt afmadow and kismayu, from day 2, we've been waiting for u to take the 2 towns...take them and tell us when thru. We need another front: win over the somali community. Many hate al shabs..even hapa eastleigh, engage the people on the ground, they'll give useful info..make them allies as u need them. Mosques..lots of action originate or passes there...we have sheikhs who could provide crucial leads. Bt pls, check on your press releases, they are very wanting.

I agree with our reasons for going into Somalia but our execution is slowly becoming a joke. Some analysts have said once we are done we need an audit of our preparedness for war. How is it that we went into war ignoring the weather and if at all we knew about the weather what tools do we have for such. I have seen us use lots of the Humvees suggesting they are very well equipped for the terrain but they are few and were a donation from US. Shouldn't we have bought more perhaps, A lot of that chinese equipment - lorries is turning out to be very weak in those terrains.

Quite green of the war leadership to be talking about Afmadow since day two and we have barely moved up to today. By the time we get to Kismayu if we ever will I fear there could be a not so great surprise for us.

All in all kudos to the men who put their bodies on the line and zero marks for the leadership for poor equipment, poor planning and bogus PR.

I am also starting to wonder how long it will take our armies to move from 5km outside Afmadow to afmadow.

For crying out loud its been 3 weeks since i learnt about that town, why are we still discussing it.

Again on the plane loads of weapons, why can't we simply shoot down the planes, the planners should surely have anticipated such moves, do we have control of the air above where we are operating?

1. Guerilla army that easily melts into the population. 2. Unknown territory. 3. Rain/muddy roads. 4. Enemy Numbers unknown. 5. Enemy dug in/in a defensive psn. 6. Civilians not allowed to leave. 7. Possible mines 8. Need to plan, replan n review the offensive 8. Planning an exit strategy 9. Need to strictly adhere to the law of armed conflict n geneva/hague conventions. 10. Need to avoid/minimise own casualties.
Rambo tactics in the minds of many kenyans wont work here. Capt. Werunga, a trained soldier n a security expert gives very realistic scenarios if guys would just shed this rambo mentality and listen.

“These are wild accusations. They could have brought the plane down if indeed it was seen delivering arms in Baidoa. It is not possible that Eritrea can fly arms to Somalia. Not at all,” he said, fighting off the allegations he blames Ethiopia of fabricating."

So the Eritreans are denying arming the al shabaab militia? So do we now have a go ahead and bring down planes that drop off arms since they don't belong to Eritrea?

Prove we are arming al shabaab