KDF employs change of tack after El Adde attack

KDF officers lower the casket bearing the remains of Senior Private Alexander Waigwa who was among KDF officers fallen during a terror attack on El Adde, Somalia in January 2016. [Mose Sammy| Standard]

The El Adde attack on January 15, 2016 on the Kenya Defence Force (KDF) bases in Somalia by Al Shabaab insurgents has prompted reorganisation of key defensive positions on all camps.

Twice in a similar modus operandi, Al Shabaab fighters attacked KDF bases in Somalia leading to the highest death toll of Kenyan soldiers in battle. Two years later, the military bosses have never officially confirmed how many soldiers lost their lives.