For 2 decades, Somalia continues to make headlines. However the South of Somalia is hardly hyped rather intentionally obscured, most notably, after the fall of the port city of Kismayu to the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) and the Juba Land Forces then Ras-Kamboni brigade under command of Sheikh Madobe (Now president of Juba State) in 2012.
On 28 September 2012, at 2:00 am East African Time, the Kenya Defense Forces conducted ‘Operation Sledge Hammer’ an amophimbious assault that saw troops land approximately six kilometres north of the port of Kismayo, close to the main road to Mogadishu, using 5 maritime warfare vessels.
Since then Juba has witnessed consistent socioeconomic growth. It’s indicative of clannism waning influence and focus on developing the region. How did Keny
a Army (KDF) pacify and intergrate a post-radical ideology policy & system in a society once percieved on the brink of self destruct?
Sociologically speaking, these developments demonstrate the entrapments of a strategy crafted and meticulously implemented. The Kenya Army strategy redraws the picture of Somalia. There is a clear difference between the former, daily characterized by civil war, clan warfare and humanitarian catastrophe and the Southern Somalia today.
The capability to consistently keep the Somali society focussed on unity and economic development is unique. Such good consequences even for the globally most powerful militaries such as the United States Army comes as a suprise.
