It is time for a frank and honest dialogue on the role of our troops in Somalia

In October 2011, after a series of attacks and kidnappings by the Somali based Islamist terrorist group Al Shabaab, former President Mwai Kibaki took the war to the enemy, deploying Kenyan troops across the border to ostensibly take on and destroy the terrorist group.

More than 4 years later, under the auspices of AMISOM, Kenyan troops are still battling Al Shabaab in different parts of Somalia. Sadly, a few days ago, the terrorist group mounted a major attack targeting Kenyan troops at an African Union base in El-Adde in southern Somalia.