According to the permanent secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Defence, Monica Juma every KDF soldier in Somalia is given a monthly net salary of $1019. Mrs. Monica Juma also announced the compensation the relatives of every fallen KDF soldier in Somalia get which is $50,000. However, she didn't say the number of KDF soldiers serving in Somalia and those who were already killed there.
Kenya sent its troops to Somalia in October 2011 after it claimed that Alshabaab were carrying out cross-border attacks and were abducting tourists and aid workers from Kenya soil. Since then security in Kenya suffered as assassinations and other killings as well as explosives became rampant. Worst hit areas were North-eastern Kenya, the Coast Province and Nairobi. There is Alshabaab threat that they will carry out more bombings and attacks in Kenya unless Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia. On the other hand, the opposition CORD Alliance led by Raila Odinga demands the government to pull out KDF from Somalia amid security deterioration in Kenya.
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