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February 26, 2012
Kenya will not negotiate with al-Shabaab for the release of two kidnapped public officials, Colonel Cyrus Oguna of the Kenya Defence Forces said on Saturday (February 25th), Kenya's Capital News FM reported.
Oguna's comments followed a video posted Friday by al-Shabaab that showed Kenyan district officer Yesse Mule Edward, who was kidnapped last month alongside immigration ministry employee Fredrick Irungu Wainaina, asking Kenya to abandon its military operations in Somalia to secure his release.
"Our position as KDF has never changed," Oguna said, speaking at police headquarters in Nairobi. "We will not negotiate with a criminal organisation." Oguna dismissed the video as "propaganda" and said Edward was "forced to say something he would not be willing to say".
Oguna also confirmed that Kenya will officially join the African Mission in Somalia after the United Nations Security Council approval last Wednesday.
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Al-shabaab are the greatest, you can’t defeat them, they are being protected by God, Kenyans and other infidels are just invaders, that is an Islamic nation, infidels get outttttttttttttttttttt.
ALSHABAAB'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED AND SOMALI WILL BE PEACEFUL.. OGUNA (KDF) KUDOS!
Do not negotiate with an al Shabaab a criminal organisation.Maintain your diginity by destroying and eleminate the criminal gang. It's just a matter of time we are almost there.....