The militant group claimed responsibility Saturday for a landmine explosion in Mogadishu that killed four people and injured two former lawmakers, Hussein Arale and Muhidin Afrah.
On Tuesday, the militants claimed responsibility for another blast that killed the deputy commissioner for security and politics in Garasbaale, Abdi-Rashid Dubad. Six others were injured. Security analysts say a day hardly passes in Somalia without reporting an incident involving al-Shabab attacks. Search Search. Home United States U. Support for that argument comes in the form of what Ugandan newspapers are calling "the battle of the generals" - a brewing row between the current chief of the Ugandan Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, and retired army commander Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, who is now a member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change.
Gen Muntu recently advised his successor, "be wise and avoid ending up like the proverbial fly, which followed a corpse into the grave".
Then there is the "proxy war" theory that comes up in many conversations about Uganda's role. Some say the Ugandan military is doing the job that the US wants done, but is not willing to get directly involved in. Some people are glad that Uganda is punching above its weight in the region by leading Amisom, others believe Uganda's involvement has turned the Islamist militants' guns against it. In July , a double suicide bombing in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, killed 76 people who were watching the football World Cup final on television, leading to calls to withdraw Ugandan forces.
But for Maj Kashoma - who has paid such a high price for his nation's intervention in Somalia - the reasons for remaining are close to his heart. If you see what happened in our country before we liberated it, it was chaos, like in Somalia; people losing their lives for nothing.
African Union Mission in Somalia Amisom. Ugandan government. Despite being seriously injured, Maj Duncan Kashoma believes the mission is justified. Maj Kashoma was seriously injured. Six of his men were killed. Sleepless nights. For over 10 years, the UPDF has been keeping peace in Somalia and it has lost over 20 soldiers ever since it went there.
Uganda was the first country to send peacekeeping forces to Somalia. In recent days, al-Shabaab militants intensified attacks on security forces as the Africa Union Mission Forces and the Somali National Army soldiers continue pushing the group from strongholds in successive military operations. World , Africa Ugandan forces in Somalia kill al-Shabaab fighters 'This is the biggest number of al-Shabaab fighters killed in a day,' Ugandan army says Godfrey Olukya It was not immediately possible to verify the reported death toll.
There was no immediate comment from al-Shabab on the attack. Ugandan forces have operated in Somalia for more than 10 years and lost about 20 soldiers during that time. Uganda was the first country to send peacekeeping troops to Somalia.
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