Furthermore, contrary to claims that securing Kismayo put al-Shabaab at a disadvantage, the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea reported in July that the Kenyan Defense Forces have actually gone into business with al-Shabaab. The group’s profits from illicit charcoal (and possibly ivory) exported from Kismayo have grown since Kenya took control.
此外，与保卫基斯马约让索马里青年军处于劣势的说法相反，联合国索马里和厄立特里亚监督小组在7月份报告说，肯尼亚国防军实际上在于索马里青年军做交易。肯尼亚控制基斯马约后，索马里青年军在基斯马约木炭（可能还有象牙）出口中获得的利润有所增加。