Tuesday
August 14, 2012 - The Sunday plane crash incident where three Uganda
Air force helicopters disappeared off radar in Mt Kenya forest has exposed the shame
and rot in our Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF).
Despite having state to art communications gadget and
radars, our mole from Nanyuki Air Base said Kenya Defence Forces were not
willing to help our Ugandan brothers.
Believe it or not , our
entire battalion in Nanyuki airbase were upstaged by British trained
pilot Ben Simpson who played an
important role in the location and
rescue of Ugandan troops
using his own American built bird.
Ben Simpson, the
Director of Helicopter Operations at Tropic Air, at the Tropic Air Airstrip in
Nanyuki rescued all the six Uganda soldiers trapped in the rough terrain of Mt Kenya
single handedly.
Kenya’s military has been criticised for its slow rescue
response to the crashes, but in a lame excuse, Kenya military spokesman Bogita
Ongeri said persistent fog around Mount Kenya was hindering rescue efforts.
If the state can find choppers to aid Kenyans trapped in
foreign lands (Tanga mission), how can they fail to rescue a team of friendly
allies?
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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