Wakuu,
kabla hamjanikaba koo, mwenzenu nawasilisha tu...hata mie nilicheka niliposoma hii taarifa...
[h=1]Westgate: Death, Destruction and Disappearing of Property[/h] By Mehul Gohil | October 5, 2013
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Damaged shops next to the main entrance of the Westgate Mall. [RUKMINI CALLIMACHI/AP]
I was inside the Westgate mall on Sept. 30th and the day after, helping to clear out our branch store.
The place is in a mess.
Nakumatt is totally bazookaed. Burnt out, cratered in and looks like the U.S. marine barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983.
Bullet holes everywhere. In the walls, in the window glasses. At the Adidas Shop on the second floor, the black mannequins were shot in the crotch areas. In Onami Kitchen Bar, also on the second floor, there was a glass mysteriously sitting on a table. Something to do with Newtons second law. Theres a bullet hole on one side of the glass and another on the exact opposite side. Bullet went through it fast and clean. The glass did not shatter. We were passing that glass around.
The mall is flooded with water. The sprinklers must have come on at some point. You have to walk in gumboots. Without gumboots you improvise. Like some of the other tenants, I put my booted feet into two Nakumatt plastic carrier bags and tied the handles around my shins. We were like moon men with blue and white plastic bags on our feet.
Then there is the gross and foul smell that emanated from Nakumatt. You know at once there are a lot of bodies buried inside the supermarket. But after half an hour or so you get used to it. You cant smell it anymore.
There is food, clothes, blood, coins, papers and assorted electronic debris floating in the shallow waters on all floors. Glass pebbles everywhere. All the ATMs have been blown apart. You can see their robot insides. On the ground floor, there are empty Tusker bottles all over the place. The man at Sir Henrys showed me a spot on the floor at Dormans. Coagulated blood clumps all over. They look like stromatolites. He says he saw this guy being shot. Nobody has cleaned this place up. They have just let the water from the sprinklers blur the bloody catastrophe. Some of the tables at Dormans have leftover food on the plates. The pie counter is still filled with pies. And cakes. Houseflies everywhere. There are no lights working. No stima. I saw the whole place in cave-light.
Later on, the man from Sir Henrys, another from Basic Intimates and I went into Art Cafe to talks to the guys there. The sunlight spills in better at Art Cafe. A man named Moshe showed us the bottles of Tusker and sprites on the tables. The Sir Henrys guy says 150 suits were taken from his place. The Basic Intimates guy adds that his best boxers and almost all his g-strings were taken. Moshe tells us officers from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) scooped out all the ice cream at Mamma Mia. Our patriots were cooling off in the heat of battle. There is just a thin melted sludge left inside the stainless-steel bowls at Mamma Mia. I tell them they must have crowbarred the cash register at my shop. All the Saturday takings gone. We speculate how much there was in all the tills. How much was the gathering? Fifty Million? One hundred million says Moshe in his Tel-Aviv drawl. Moshe says they were clever to take out the electricity.
No video ever recorded them in the act.
Later on I was supervising the loading of shop goods into the canter, parked at the main Westgate entrance. Two helmeted KDF soldiers man this entrance point. Then two other non-helmeted KDF soldiers came. One was holding a black bag. He put the black bag in between the two helmeted soldiers. The four of them saw me looking at them, so one of them moved in between the two helmeted fellows, trying to block my view of the bag. But I could see it. They took out wallet after wallet from the black bag. They took out phones which they quickly put into their pockets. The KDF army uniform has many pockets. I guess the act of Nazis picking out the gold teeth and jewelry and stuff from dead people is also a Kenyan practice. And the KDF guys looked young and happy. Its like they had just come out of the house after having a hearty meal.
Source: Westgate: Death, Destruction and Disappearing of Property - Sahan Journal
.Nilishasema siku nyingi KDF wanahitaji msaada wa mafunzo toka JWTZ waulize M 23 wamefanywa nini huko DRC.
Wakuu,
kabla hamjanikaba koo, mwenzenu nawasilisha tu...hata mie nilicheka niliposoma hii taarifa...
Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
By KIBIWOTT KOROSS
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is considered one of the strongest militaries and most disciplined in the world. According to the African Report magazine, Kenyas is a highly rated African army. The troops train regularly with their British and American counterparts.
The result, as evidenced by the remarkable discipline of Kenyan soldiers whose offensive against Al-Shabaab by virtue of their collaboration with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is one of success, says the magazine. Unlike many other soldiers offering peace missions, Kenyan soldiers have not been mentioned in any scandal.
Recently, Ugandan soldiers returning from Somalia peace operations shocked President Yoweri Museveni when they told him their commanders might have sold guns and bullets in Mogadishu. Uganda, like Kenya has troops serving in the African Union Peace Mission in Somalia (Amisom). An irritated Museveni chased away all the commanders from the meeting, except the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, in order to allow the returning Amisom soldiers to speak out freely.
Take on Al-Shabaab
The Global Firepower Military, an online outlet that provides an analytical display of data concerning todays world military powers ranks Kenya at position 46 in the world and 6 in Africa.
I agree we have the strongest and the most disciplined army in the world, says retired Army Major John Seii, What happened at Westgate could easily erode this. Kenyans can lose trust in them which would not be good. Kenya tops in East and Central Africa and ranked above Libya, with Egypt leading in the continent and 14th in the world, followed by Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria. Only seven African countries made it to the list, with the US, Russia, China, India and the UK making the top five in the world.
The KDF, according to Global Fire Power has only 24,120 active personnel and is one of the smaller forces on the continent; however the nations strategic location means the Kenyan military has been highly active since its inception.
It is supplied by the US, and has a budget of around $800 million. According to Global Firepower, Kenya has 186 tanks, 12 rocket projectors, 148 aircraft and 78 helicopters. Kenyas military has been involved in several UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe.
They have also worked closely with Somalias military in order to take on Al-Shabaab and have joined Amisom to further aid their cause.
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
The issue here is disciplne and intregrity!The smugglers could have done worse had been at westgate!Do you really know what was in westgate my brother.Any guy could have been tempted with cash, Gold rings, and lots of valuables. I mean wet gate was an upmarket shopping mall .However i will not want to strictly Judge the KDF based on that one incident.They have been known to be disciplined in all the peace keeping missions they have gone and this to me was just one incident and not their culture or tradition as opposed to smuggling
Am just quoting the news my friend, I didn't make this up.You can check it out for yourself.
Ab-Titchaz I concur, they are also well fed!!!Wakuu,
kabla hamjanikaba koo, mwenzenu nawasilisha tu...hata mie nilicheka niliposoma hii taarifa...
Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
By KIBIWOTT KOROSS
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is considered one of the strongest militaries and most disciplined in the world. According to the African Report magazine, Kenyas is a highly rated African army. The troops train regularly with their British and American counterparts.
The result, as evidenced by the remarkable discipline of Kenyan soldiers whose offensive against Al-Shabaab by virtue of their collaboration with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is one of success, says the magazine. Unlike many other soldiers offering peace missions, Kenyan soldiers have not been mentioned in any scandal.
Recently, Ugandan soldiers returning from Somalia peace operations shocked President Yoweri Museveni when they told him their commanders might have sold guns and bullets in Mogadishu. Uganda, like Kenya has troops serving in the African Union Peace Mission in Somalia (Amisom). An irritated Museveni chased away all the commanders from the meeting, except the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, in order to allow the returning Amisom soldiers to speak out freely.
Take on Al-Shabaab
The Global Firepower Military, an online outlet that provides an analytical display of data concerning todays world military powers ranks Kenya at position 46 in the world and 6 in Africa.
I agree we have the strongest and the most disciplined army in the world, says retired Army Major John Seii, What happened at Westgate could easily erode this. Kenyans can lose trust in them which would not be good. Kenya tops in East and Central Africa and ranked above Libya, with Egypt leading in the continent and 14th in the world, followed by Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria. Only seven African countries made it to the list, with the US, Russia, China, India and the UK making the top five in the world.
The KDF, according to Global Fire Power has only 24,120 active personnel and is one of the smaller forces on the continent; however the nations strategic location means the Kenyan military has been highly active since its inception.
It is supplied by the US, and has a budget of around $800 million. According to Global Firepower, Kenya has 186 tanks, 12 rocket projectors, 148 aircraft and 78 helicopters. Kenyas military has been involved in several UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe.
They have also worked closely with Somalias military in order to take on Al-Shabaab and have joined Amisom to further aid their cause.
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
Whoever undertook this survey and made that conclusion must have taken leave of his fuculties! An army that takes 4 good days to overcome four ragtag militiamen with simple assault rifles; rocket bombs the mall to hide their robbery activities can't be the best in the dark. Continent!Wakuu,
kabla hamjanikaba koo, mwenzenu nawasilisha tu...hata mie nilicheka niliposoma hii taarifa...
Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
By KIBIWOTT KOROSS
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is considered one of the strongest militaries and most disciplined in the world. According to the African Report magazine, Kenyas is a highly rated African army. The troops train regularly with their British and American counterparts.
The result, as evidenced by the remarkable discipline of Kenyan soldiers whose offensive against Al-Shabaab by virtue of their collaboration with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is one of success, says the magazine. Unlike many other soldiers offering peace missions, Kenyan soldiers have not been mentioned in any scandal.
Recently, Ugandan soldiers returning from Somalia peace operations shocked President Yoweri Museveni when they told him their commanders might have sold guns and bullets in Mogadishu. Uganda, like Kenya has troops serving in the African Union Peace Mission in Somalia (Amisom). An irritated Museveni chased away all the commanders from the meeting, except the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, in order to allow the returning Amisom soldiers to speak out freely.
Take on Al-Shabaab
The Global Firepower Military, an online outlet that provides an analytical display of data concerning todays world military powers ranks Kenya at position 46 in the world and 6 in Africa.
I agree we have the strongest and the most disciplined army in the world, says retired Army Major John Seii, What happened at Westgate could easily erode this. Kenyans can lose trust in them which would not be good. Kenya tops in East and Central Africa and ranked above Libya, with Egypt leading in the continent and 14th in the world, followed by Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria. Only seven African countries made it to the list, with the US, Russia, China, India and the UK making the top five in the world.
The KDF, according to Global Fire Power has only 24,120 active personnel and is one of the smaller forces on the continent; however the nations strategic location means the Kenyan military has been highly active since its inception.
It is supplied by the US, and has a budget of around $800 million. According to Global Firepower, Kenya has 186 tanks, 12 rocket projectors, 148 aircraft and 78 helicopters. Kenyas military has been involved in several UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe.
They have also worked closely with Somalias military in order to take on Al-Shabaab and have joined Amisom to further aid their cause.
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Kenya Defence Forces considered strongest, most disciplined army in world
Kwanza Mwandishi tu anaitwa KIBIWOTT KORROS wale wale akina Karangi wazee wa Drinking Water hapo wanataman wangepata weakness za JWTZ wajifananishe nao wakakosa wamepata za Uganda tu km kawaida yao mashindano yasiyo na maana na majirani zao ilimradi tu kujitukuza na kuonekana wao ndo wanajua sasa hapa kwenye jeshi wamevamia pabaya manake kwa Africa na EA jeshi lenye historia na uwezo ulipimwa na kuthibitika ni moja tu.. JESHI LA ULINZI LA WATU WA TANZANIA juzi tumejikumbushia uwezo wetu waliokua wanasema haupo tena since 1978, M23 kapigwa ndan ya siku mbili tu 26th and 28th August kufika 1 Sept wakaomba seize fire ikumbukwe hawa wamewasumbua Congo ikiwamo kuuteka mji wa Goma for half a decade now.. Kwenye sekta ya Kijeshi TZ hawana maneno mengi na wala hawana promo ukienda mitandaoni hawajulikani au hawapewi priority kule utawakuta kenya rwanda uganda show off nyiiiingi ila mkifika battle field anayeijua iyo shuguli ni JWTZ.. Discpline, Mafunzo, Majemedari na Makamanda Shupavu wa Vita, na proven History ya actual battlefield bravely vinapatikana JWTZ kwingne umbea tu na wizi wa maji ya kunywa.