At the start of last year, I wrote to the Cabinet Secretaries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Defence ministries, showing how the government could go about in getting some FREE Seahawk planes.

One way being through the UN, and specifically the United Nation Security Council Resolution [UNSCR] 1540.

The manufacturer of the plane, already being appointed by UN 1540 Committee as one of its 'Facilitator' had proposed to work with the government in seeing that it get some FREE Seahawk planes.

The paramilitary Seahawk plane can effectively denies water transport to dangerous forces and smugglers of all kinds, and allows the government to project its control into remote areas where there are no airfields exist.

Its can also be fitted with sophisticated imaging systems and weapons sufficient to make it a potent force in action against hostile forces. Its ability to land almost anywhere, on land or water, makes it ideal to insert special operations personnel in critical areas.

The Seahawk planes can be used in the fight against terrorism, piracy, anti-poaching, patrolling vast polar boundaries and interdicting drugs trafficking in either on land or sea.

The Seahawk plane is designed to carry 6 people and with a range of more than 700 miles, it can reach more distant areas than any helicopter, and at about one-tenth the operating cost. With a cruise speed of 142 mph, it can reach critical areas much faster than any boat, and do so with advantage of an aerial view of the scene.

Standard power is a 505-horsepower engine that consumes ordinary automobile gasoline, so that it can more readily operate in remote locations where aviation gasoline may not be available. Usually, its selling price is on a range of US$975,000.00

Since introducing this offer to the government, nothing had been heard from the.

UN Security Council Resolution 1540 deals specifically with non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Link here: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

As for the Seahawk, you are talking about equipment exclusive to the US Navy and with a price starting at USD 40 million.

Those are not things that are given out for free.

WMD's, in this case referring to "nuclear, chemical and biological weapons" are not an active threat in this part of the world. Based on that I doubt Kenya would qualify for "technical assistance" which is what you are referring to.

May I ask which Seahawk are you referring to? The only active military aircraft I can find by that name is the US Navy version of the infamous Sikorsky Blackhawk.

@¿, has reminded us to think about our thinking, or rather to look at how we're thinking; and this is probably one of those crucial places where we should do that.

One thing I realize I should do is to accept my failures without lashing out at others. That way, I suspect I won't burn my bridges and I can try again, and again, learning and transforming along the way.

Inspired by legendary Republic Seabee,that was originally designed for Air-Sea rescue of pilots, the Seahawk is built on a hull intended from the keel up to land and take-off in the open sea in contrast to other sea-planes, that require "sheltered watered" for successful operation. As a true amphibian, it can also operate from the land, or go easily from land to water and the vice versa. A reversible propeller permits the Seahawk to move in reverse on the ground and in water, and the high wings permits to dock easily wherever a boat can tie up.