- Kenyans have raised questions about the high-level visit of the Ugandan army to Nairobi for a comparative exercise
- A UPDF delegation met with KDF officials to obtain information on welfare, veterans’ assistance, cooperatives, and income-generating projects.
- The team visited DEFWES facilities in Embakasi and held meetings with senior commanders
- However, the public focused their attention on President Yoweri’s remarks as many Kenyans claimed the visit was strategically wrong.
Kenyans have expressed their dissatisfaction after the high-level delegation of the army Uganda to visit Nairobi on what officials described as a classified mission.
Source: Twitter
The visit, which involved senior commanders from the Uganda Defense Force (UPDF), came days after President Yoweri Museveni issued a warning about the possibility of future wars linked to his nation’s access to the Indian Ocean.
Museveni warned that political plans in Africa risk pushing landlocked nations into conflicts in the future.
The long-time president said that countries without direct access to the sea face economic and security problems.
Museveni used an analogy to explain the tension, insisting that the countries on the continent should hold the common rights of the sea.
He described the exclusive ownership of the sea as madness, adding that Uganda’s lack of sea limited growth and prevented the country from building a navy.
Why did the UPDF visit Kenya?
The delegation, led by the Deputy Commander of the Land Forces Major General Francis Takirwa, met with senior officers of the Kenya Defense Forces at the Moi Air Base in Eastleigh.
Organized by Brigadier Peter Limo, Director General of the Welfare Services of the Defense Force.
According to KDFdiscussions focused on Kenya’s model of military welfare, veteran care, and support structures for soldiers and their families. Read more:
Officials said the Ugandan team received a detailed briefing on cooperatives, revenue schemes that benefit service members, and the veterans’ welfare system.
The delegation also visited the DEFWES Mall building there Embakasi and reviewing warehouse operations that support military families across the country.
During a courtesy call to the Commander of the Kenyan Air Force, Major General Bernard Waliaula, the guests were advised to identify practical solutions that can strengthen Uganda’s own welfare systems.
Major General Takirwa congratulated the KDF, and said that his team will pass on some ideas after the trip.
What do Kenyans think about the Ugandan army’s visit to Nairobi?
With the agenda framed as a welfare-focused visit, the wider context of Museveni’s remarks changed public opinion.
Source: UGC
The timing raised public skepticism, with some Kenyans questioning that Uganda wanted more than technical lessons on military welfare.
Others pushed the idea that Kampala sought strategic information at a sensitive time for the region, leading to viral claims that they wanted Intel.
@alinory_KWENA: “I hope they are not pretending to be friends while working as spies trying to learn the weaknesses and strengths of the enemy?”
@l0n3n1nj4: “This isn’t a test; it’s a reconnaissance. Obviously, you weren’t paying attention to their General.”
@yourPlugAI: “Or we are the ones who are crazy, the Ugandan Army marking the KDF after Museveni threatened us with the next war.”
@Sizzo_Gooner: “Guys, these people are coming to see how well you are prepared for “Future Wars” to take over the Indian Ocean and you are here, you call that benchmarking? They are testing us.
@254_Think_Tank: “Who else is convinced that they were making the necessary maps before the M7 implemented its maritime birthright access that it was recently arguing for.”
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