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After handing #Kenya's KDF the MOST HUMILIATING military defeat (in Kenya's & AMISOM's history) in #ElAdde, Somalia; #AlShabaab has SUCCEEDED in using 4GW (Asymmetric Warfare) to create a CLIMATE OF COLLAPSE in North East Kenya. Teachers have FLED & refuse POSTING in N.E.Kenya.
1. CURSED are the PEOPLE LED by FOOLS for they shall WASTE LIVES, WEALTH, POTENTIAL & their FUTURE.
Feeble-minded Leadership
Kenya is a nation where Islamists kill its civilians & security personnel, while the government (GoK) seeks solution from Islamists
2. UIC & Feeble-Minded Leadership

In 2006, somali terrorist group, Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), defeated CIA-backed secular warlords & established a SHARIA Kirtarchy in Mogadishu. Ethiopia sought to contain this Islamist threat, but Kenya refused to SUPPORT Zenawi's initiative
3. When FOOLS think of themselves as GENIUSES.
In Kenya,Islamist politicians,#AlQaeda sympathizers, & Pro-UIC state officials CONVINCED GoK that Kenya is safe with UIC-ruled #Somalia. Shockingly, GoK presented a 'GENIUS' proposal to USG advocating for ACCEPTANCE of UIC in Somalia
4. Ethiopia invades Somalia & single-handedly DESTROYS #Eritrea-backed UIC in December 2006.

Ethiopian soldiers liberated entire Somalia in 1 month.

#Kenya's KDF - during Operation Linda Nchi (OLN)- took 7 months to reach Kismayu & occupy Jubaland.
But was OLN cleverly planned?
5. After witnessing the destruction of UIC & emergence of #AlShabaab from remannats of UIC, Kenya desired a buffer zone.

Ogaden in GoK - who were more loyal to their clan - convinced GoK to create Jubaland to be RULED by an Ogaden Somali from #Ethiopia.

6. Taking advantage of feeble-mindedness & outright stupidity of GoK officials, Ogaden elites in Kenya ADVOCATED for Ahmed Madobe, a former UIC governor of Kismayo & former #AlShabaab deputy leader.
Ahmed Madobe was almost KILLED by Ethiopian ANTI-TERRORIST FORCES in 2006.
7. Ahmed Madobe had fought agaisnt Ethiopian Government as part of the Secessionist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONFL) which wanted Ogaden to secede from Ethiopia.

GoK choosing of Ahmed Madobe, who had fought Ethiopian soldiers in Ethiopia, expectedly angered Ethiopians.
8. Ethiopian officials WARNED Kenya about being used. Queries raised were:

- Why do Ogadens in Kenya push for an ONLF-linked Ogaden from Ethiopia to RULE over #Jubaland in Somalia?

- Can Ogadens in GoK use KDF bodies & blood as DISPOSABLE human fodder for OCCUPYING JUBALAND?
9. As expected, GoK gave no answer but compensated it with BADMOUTHING Ethiopia which was withdrawing its troops & handing over Mogadishu to AMISOM.
Foolishly, GoK underrated AMISOM but AMISOM achieved its core mandate of preventing #AlShabaab from overthrowing TFG.
10. In 2011, KDF launched Operation Linda Nchi (OLN) & GoK used Kenyan taxpayers money to install an Ethiopian Ogaden as RULER of Jubaland. Daily costs of OLN estimated at Kshs80million/USD800,000.
AMISOM tried to DENY KDF the port town of Kismayo by deploying Sierra Leone troops
11. KDF later re-hatted into AMISOM in 2012 & established a CRIMINAL SMUGGLING NETWORK based in Kismayo & run PRIMARILY by Ogaden Somalis for benefit of Ogadens in Kenya. This criminal network also benefitted #AlShabaab & worsened relationship between KDF & AMISOM partners.
12. KDF relationship with AMISOM have remained strained ever since & it was clear that poor-quality KDF soldiers were a DEAD-WEIGHT to the mission.
Also, #AlShabaab attacks were on the rise in Kenya, with the most notable attack being the Westgate Mall attack in September 2013.
13. AlShabaab also bombed buses in Nairobi & attacked Christians in North EAST Kenya & the Coast. Later, Garissa University was attacked & 142 (mainly Christian) students were killed. Kenyans called out GoK for its INCOMPETENCE & WASTAGE of Lives.
GoK answer were beyond stupid!!!
14. GoK turned to Ogaden somalis for an answer.

RESULT: Ogaden were promoted to top security positions including permanent Secretary for defense, head of military intelligence & head of NEP. Now, Somalis could use STATE RESOURCES to PROTECT their smuggling network from Kismayo.
15. GoK refuses to seek services of competent counter-terrorism professionals.

In Somalia, KDF continues to suffer attacks & casualties.

In Kenya, #AlShabaab succeeded in SCARING Christians out of NEP & creating CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE in GoK's abilities.

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