Heartache awaits Kenya in Democratic Republic of the Congo

KDF soldiers attend a flag presentation ceremony before their deployment to the DRC

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers attend a flag presentation ceremony by President William Ruto before their deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the East Africa Community Regional Force (EARDC) at the Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi on November 2, 2022.


Photo credit: Tony Karumba | AFP

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

What you need to know:

  • Kenya clearly is the rookie in DRC.
  • For Kenya and all the other EAC players, part of the problem is that DRC remains too huge. It is 2.345 million square kilometres large.
  • The one thing DRC and Somalia have in common is that most outsiders who have gone in to try and save them have left with their pants on fire.

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