7. “Operation Linda Nchi”[560] was launched on 16 October 2011 as a “joint Kenyan-Somali operation”, ostensibly in response to a spate of cross-border kidnappings from Somalia, although evidence suggests that KDF may have been planning this operation as far back June 2011.[561]
7. “Operation Linda Nchi”[560] was launched on 16 October 2011 as a “joint Kenyan-Somali operation”, ostensibly in response to a spate of cross-border kidnappings from Somalia, although evidence suggests that KDF may have been planning this operation as far back June 2011.[561]