Jubilee Government’s pride is costing us lives

Kenya: When former US Ambassador to Kenya ,Michael Ranneberger warned  our government against sending youth of ethnic Somali from Kenya to join the fight against Al shabaab,many Kenyan politicians bashed him.

Ignoring  the advice given by allies such as the US ,our government went on and trained a number of young Kenyan Somalis then sent them to Somalia. Mr.Ranneberger expressed concerns that the move by the then government led by President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga was ill fated citing that the same recruits would return as terrorists.

Each time Kenya is attacked by Alshabaab, survivors and witnesses have always said that the militants communicate in fluent Swahili. In as much as we know the terror group has been recruiting  young Kenyans directly within our country the idea that some of the trained youth who left for Somalia are back as terrorists is not far fetched.