Wish they can swop the size of tummy with the size of brain of those senior personnel

Ethiopia employs two techniques;
1. Use of Mercenaries
2. Use of regular army.
Mercenaries are expected to feed themselves thus no logistical supplies to them.
Naturally Ethiopians , Somalis and "Waria" in general are hardened and can survive on Tea alone for days owing to harship background similar to some Kambas.

When 2 KDF companies (abt 160 troops) were ambushed at dawn by wave upon wave of > 800 al shaitans circa 2012 at their Hosingow FOB, they called in our 50th Air Calvary gunships which quickly made mince meat of the alkebabs and permanently turned the tide of the battle. At the end of this fierce battle at least 200 al shaitans lay dead as KIA.

So the issue of air support is a SOP for many militaries. Service commanders of each of the 3 wings have to work in tandem with the each other to vanquish the enemy - best case of this inter-forces cooperation
was in the capture of Kismayu.

Our mboys have done well with old equipment - can you imagine what they would do with modern equipment.

Really!!

The problem with Kenya is that we don't demand a high standard of performance from our public servants.

Our troops were caught pants down (literally as they were sleeping in their underwears) in enemy territory and got slaughtered wholesale without even offering any resistance.

There was no set defensive lines, they did not act on intelligence reports on imminent attacks as the entire town new AlShabab were coming?

Now you are talking about old equipment, could you share evidence to support this old equipment position, coz if I remember correctly, our military spend is the highest in the region, yet we have the fewest troop numbers.

Therefore, our cost per person is way higher than our neighbours, I bet its probably 4 or 5 times higher than Ethiopia's as Ethiopia has way more troops.