Engage an exit strategy now from troubled Somalia

It is now close to six years since Operation Linda Nchi was launched, and we released our soldiers to Somalia to fight the Al Shabaab who had threatened our security.

Our soldiers in African Union Mission to Somalia have done and continue to do a tremendous job and they deserve a pat on the back.

However, the recent attack in El Adde in Somalia has left many dead and scores injured, and the country grieving. Meanwhile, the silence by the Government to relatives of the soldiers increases the pain ten fold, not knowing the fate of loved ones.

The government and the entire security team should come up with an exit strategy for our soldiers to return home and secure our borders.

The mission is already complete and we need them to secure our country by being deployed within our boarders and not in Somalia.

The Commander-In-Chief should liaise with various security organs and adopt a plan in which our heroes will come back home and enjoy the peace in their mother land Kenya.

Let us withdraw our soldiers and wait for the insurgents to attack our country and that is when we respond by pushing them far away from our country.

May the heroes who paid the ultimate price rest in peace.

{Biwott Edwin, Eldoret}

Following Al Shabaab militia attacks on Kenyan soldiers in Somalia, Interior CS Joseph Nkaisery’s decision to urge leaders from Northern Kenya to assist the Government stop youths from radicalisation is of no tangible effect.

The militants have constantly attacked Kenya and those tasked with security of our citizens ought to have either placed into action the requisite plans to combat terrorism or found amicable solutions.

With our soldiers dead and relatives mourning, urging leaders to assist limiting radicalisation is a short term solution. Why are our security officials not learning, even after the Westgate and Garissa University attack, that the same militants claimed responsibility? The government should ensure security for its nationals by using advanced modern technology to permanently eradicate attacks.

{Steve Wakenga, Maseno Unversity}