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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Firewall: [QB] Continental Standby Brigade | African Union Create an African army, President Kenyatta tells AU [QUOTE] President Uhuru Kenyatta has backed the call by the African Ministers of Defence for all countries to meet their obligations in ensuring an African Standby Force is ready for deployment by 2015. The president has at the same time challenged African countries to scale up their contribution to peace and stability in the continent. “Our partners and friends have been of great help to us. But to rely on outside help for our security would be to sully our independence. In any case, the help is often inadequate to our needs and its application inflexible,” President Kenyatta said. The President was addressing the 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday. As part of Kenya’s 50th anniversary and an expression of solidarity with the continent’s determination to secure its future, President Kenyatta announced a voluntary contribution of $1 million (Sh86 million) to the AU Peace Fund. He said the contribution can be used to make a reality the ‘Exercise Amani Africa’ or to set up the African Standby Force. “Whichever way it is used, we have made concrete our commitment to solidarity and peace in this time of conflicts,” President Kenyatta said. On the Central Africa Republic and South Sudan, the President said the conflicts have reminded the continent of the need to galvanise support to pre-empt political differences before they deteriorate into full-blown wars. “These conflicts, so near to us, remind us that we must join hands with our neighbours to prevent them from breaking, and respond to them when they do break, as occasionally they will,” the President said. He disclosed that, with partners in East Africa, Kenya is building a Rapid Deployment Capability as part of the East African Standby Force. The President said his government already has a fully-fledged Rapid Deployment Capability to be activated in times of emergencies. [/QUOTE] http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Uhuru-calls-for-creation-of-African-army/-/1056/2166824/-/fyik61z/-/index.html Some comments below. Adm.Adama - [QUOTE] I agree with the president in this matter why do we need outside help to quell rebels or to patrol our streets with foreign armies in the name of peace. If such a force was in place African countries would be able to look after one another just like in the recent cases in south sudan with uganda. And such an army would be beneficial to lets say South Africa, Morocco or Egypt because they would be able to sell military hardware to keep the force in tip top shape and it would get the money locally. What do you guys think????????? [/QUOTE]BUTEMBO21- [QUOTE] Uganda's Museveni already created one. [/QUOTE]SE9- [QUOTE] Whoever the conceptor is, I'm not fussed. Just want a strong, competent, unified African Defence Force. [/QUOTE]Adm.Adama - [QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/previous.gif[/IMG] i couldn't agree more [/QUOTE]BUTEMBO21- [QUOTE] Every region should focus on development and security of it own region. wasting time on talking about unrealistic things of continental scale when have accomplished much regionally. [/QUOTE]SE9- [QUOTE] Africa isn't so strife-torn that each region needs its own defence force. It wouldn't be an efficient way of doing things. We have an African Union, with different economic blocs within it. Let the regions compete and grow from an economic standpoint, but let's all be in union when defence is concerned. [/QUOTE]I.M Boring- [QUOTE] I guarantee you western powers will do their best to stop this from happening. It's threatening to think of a new permanent military let alone one encompassing over a billion people. I think it's a neat idea, so long as it's kept reasonably small and well equipped/trained, and maintains a strict code of conduct. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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