Sasa hizi ni quagmire gani jayden anatuingiza?

Cabaye Captain said:
Is there any monies involved? Ama kuna minerrallls
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There is a lot at stake. Tanzanians and South Africans have had boots on the ground much longer. We don't have any influence in MONUSCO (the UN mission) and therefore carry less diplomatically in Kinshasa and New York.

This deal is directly related to admitting CGO to the East African Community. If it makes doing business as easy as we do business in Rwanda, it will be nirvana for our businesses. Walk into any shop in the east of the country and you will see Kenyan products all over.
 
JazzMan said:
It's not necessarily a bad thing considering one of the ambitions of Vision 2030 was to make a trade corridor from Mombasa to Douala.

But E. DRC is a mess. Too many countries with competing interests. The entire purpose of a deployment is stabilisation. Is that going to be possible in that quagmire?
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It's true there are many countries with competing interests in DRC. The best way of stabilizing DRC is via the UN mission. That's what KE is doing. The kind of enemy that Kinshasa is facing is big unconventional guerilla attacks targeting civilians. Previous deployments of conventional infantry from various countries has failed to with the problem for a variety of reasons. One reason is specialization and agility of deployment. Check your notes, which unit(s) will be the tip?
 
JazzMan said:
Monies of course. UN pays well. It's Eastern DRC, of course minerals are involved. Shida ni too many countries have an interest in keeping that area destabilised.
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We should get involved in the DRC because we have business, cultural and humanitarian interests.

When you see too many people competing for something, it's valuable. I would like to see more Kenyans in DRC, just like we have the Congolese in Kenya. I want to see as many businesses as I see in Kigali or even Musanze. I want to see Kenyan business people in Goma, Bukavu, Bunia and Kisangani. They should even venture further west into Kinshasa, Mbuji-Mayi, Gbadolite....

Every country does it's best to increase its influence beyond its borders. Our military is just one of the tools that we must use where necessary.
 
bigDog said:
It's true there are many countries with competing interests in DRC. The best way of stabilizing DRC is via the UN mission. That's what KE is doing. The kind of enemy that Kinshasa is facing is big unconventional guerilla attacks targeting civilians. Previous deployments of conventional infantry from various countries has failed to with the problem for a variety of reasons. One reason is specialization and agility of deployment. Check your notes, which unit(s) will be the tip?
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Of course, as @imei2012 has intimated, it's going to be Rangers and/or other spec ops support like intelligence, medical e.t.c.

The question you should be asking is, who is this who has been supporting those guerillas for all these years? Why do they continue doing it up to date? With such financial muscle, what is stopping them from funding al shabab to keep KDF busy?

You should acquaint yourself with African defence circles. SA, with one of the best spec ops services and air assets, have been there for years and they haven't made progress. What difference will Kenya make when Uganda and Rwanda next door have vested interests?
 
bigDog said:
We should get involved in the DRC because we have business, cultural and humanitarian interests.

When you see too many people competing for something, it's valuable. I would like to see more Kenyans in DRC, just like we have the Congolese in Kenya. I want to see as many businesses as I see in Kigali or even Musanze. I want to see Kenyan business people in Goma, Bukavu, Bunia and Kisangani. They should even venture further west into Kinshasa, Mbuji-Mayi, Gbadolite....

Every country does it's best to increase its influence beyond its borders. Our military is just one of the tools that we must use where necessary.
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This is the purpose of Vision 2030 and LAPSSET and the defence white paper for the modernisation and expansion of KDF. The problem is, the UN can't go directly after the people behind the reasons Eastern DRC is constantly in conflict.

When Kagame and Museveni leave, that will have solved half of the reasons why. Until then, this will be a perpetual deployment.
 
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