The Kenya Defence Forces and their allies from the Somali National Army have stepped up operations to take full control of the crucial port city of Kismayu, a day after the Al Shabaab insurgents announced they had withdrawn from the City after years of occupation.-Kenyan warships shelled suspected Al Shabaab positions as aerial cover allowed KDF and Somali government troops to advance and consolidate ground in the northern part of the city. The Al Shabaab are reported to have moved their men and equipment to the forest between Kismayu and Afmadow but KDF spokesman Colonel Cyrus Oguna told Citizen TV the Kismayu operation was proceeding smoothly with no casualties reported so far.