State should re-think Somalia peace efforts

Kenya’s strategy in Somalia has always been something of a gamble, with a prudent military approach married to a more risky political arrangement. The success of the former, however, should not blind the Government to the inherent dangers of the latter.

As we warned in the first week of April last year, when this newspaper reported exclusively about differences between Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia over how to bring stability to Somalia, the plan to intervene politically in southern Somalia will complicate the search for stability in the war-torn country and put Kenyan soldiers at risk.