Kenya denies training 2,500 Somali troops

Islamist insurgents pose with their weapons for the media in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 16, 2009. Kenya has denied reports that it has successfully trained some 2,500 troops, who are ready to join the Somali government’s offensive against Al Shabaab rebels. Photo/Reuters 

Posted Sunday, February 7 2010 at 16:54

In Summary

• Defence Minister Yusuf Haji dismissed the story as a total fabrication
• The report that quoted sources said the recruits were aged between 20 to 25 years and that the training was held in the Kenyan town of Isiolo.

Kenya has denied reports that it has successfully trained some 2,500 troops, who are ready to join the Somali government’s offensive against Al Shabaab rebels...more..