{"id":30758,"date":"2016-12-02T03:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T03:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-government-gives-kdf-new-helicopters-to-fight\/"},"modified":"2016-12-02T03:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T03:41:02","slug":"us-government-gives-kdf-new-helicopters-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-government-gives-kdf-new-helicopters-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"US government gives KDF new helicopters to fight terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The United States government has given six new helicopters to be used by Kenya Defence Forces to fight Al-shabaab in Somalia.}<\/p>\n<p>Two other choppers are expected to be delivered in May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo received the Huey II helicopters at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki today morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will play a significant role in complex operations by our forces especially in the Somalia theatre. It is an exceptional force multiplier for KDF,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The grant valued at US dollars 106 million (Ksh 11 billion) is part of help pledged by President Obama in boosting security in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec said it&#8217;s the single largest donation to a foreign country in sub Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is will help in our joint efforts to fight Al-shabaab.  US will remain steadfast partner in fighting terrorism and radicalisation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Beside combat operations the helicopters will also be used for search and rescue missions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-16791 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kdfpix.jpg\" alt=\"The US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec (left) hands over six helicopters to Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo at the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on December 2, 2016.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The United States government has given six new helicopters to be used by Kenya Defence Forces to fight Al-shabaab in Somalia.} Two other choppers are expected to be delivered in May 2017. Kenya\u2019s Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo received the Huey II helicopters at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki today morning. &#8220;They will play a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-30758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30758"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=30758"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=30758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}