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Defence and National Service Hussein Mwinyi said the Somali training programme is a continuation of the TPDF role as a leading regional provider of training for combat and peacekeeping operations in East Africa as a contribution regional stability.
He said the TPDF has so far conducted numerous training programmes for military officers from Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and the Seychelles in East Africa.
Southern African troops and officers who have graduated in various disciplines from TPDF's National Defence College training programmes have been drawn from Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Apart from training programmes, the TPDF has several foreign military deployments which include the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the 1st Battalion has provided key backing for several operations against rebel groups in the east.
Tanzania to train 1 000 Somali troops | defenceWeb
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‘Big trouble’ for Tanzania?
While the government has said it is prepared to train the Somali soldiers in Tanzania, members of parliament and citizens have cautioned against expanding that mission and sending troops to Somalia.
Job Ndugai, deputy speaker of Tanzania’s National Assembly, said it was too dangerous for national security to send troops to Somalia, which would antagonise al-Shabaab.
“On this I will be the last person to consent,” he told Sabahi. “Look at what is happening to Kenya. Seriously, the government should not even contemplate the idea of sending troops to Somalia. If anything, we should facilitate conferences for conflicting parties to resolve their differences.”
He said Tanzanian troops cannot be sent to any country without the parliament’s consent through the Defence and Security Committee, and he is sure that any such plan would be blocked by lawmakers.
“Tanzania should not engage in this business completely. I will be the last person to support a troop intervention from Tanzania to Somalia,” Ndugai said.
Lawmaker Vincent Nyerere, a member of the Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) opposition party, said Tanzania should conduct an independent study to consider whether the benefits of engaging in the Somali conflict are worth it.
“We better learn from our brothers in Kenya,” he told Sabahi. “Previously Kenya had no hostility with Somalia, but by intervening in Somalia they are facing terrorism attacks [regularly]. We should avoid this trap.”
Deus Kibamba, executive director of the Tanzania Citizens’ Information Bureau, also said the government should avoid direct engagement in the Somali conflict.
He said the TPDF was formed to defend Tanzania’s borders and its citizens, but the current trend of peace intervention worries him.
“The terrorist groups we are hearing about like Boko Haram in Nigeria are funded by countries or individuals with grudges against the government in power,” he told Sabahi. “As we continue supporting what we call peacekeeping, slowly we create enemies.”
“I think Tanzania will soon overstretch our resources if we engage in every conflict that happens,” he said. “We will create enemies and it will be big trouble for our country.”
Tanzanian forces will not be deployed to Somalia:
Rweyemamu reassured Tanzanians that the government would absolutely not be sending troops to Somalia and that “there has never been such a request from Somalia or the African Union”.
Rweyemamu also dismissed concerns that Tanzania would become an al-Shabaab target for assisting the Somali government.
“Remember there is a legitimate government in Somalia,” he told Sabahi in an interview June 5th. “Tanzania will not be in the war zone. Our interest, which is the interest of anyone with a like mind, is to see peace prevailing in Somalia. It is in everyone’s interests to restore peace in Somalia — including al-Shabaab’s.”
Tanzania to train 1,000 Somali soldiers