Raila is wrong, Kenyan troops must remain in Somalia and bring order

CORD leader Raila Odinga has called on Kenya to cut and run from Somalia. Mr Odinga wants Kenyan combat troops to return home with their tails between their legs. That’s right — Agwambo would have the Kenya Defence Forces throw in the towel and flee the fight against al-Shabaab, the primitive rag tag militia ravaging Somalia and Kenya. This is what I say to Mr Odinga, my dear comrade, the indomitable doyen of opposition politics — nyet.

States that have a reason to fight an evil menace don’t quit simply because the going is tough. But Mr Odinga is right about one thing — President Uhuru Kenyatta must be fully transparent about the cost of the war in lives and treasure.