First batch of Kenyan troops return from UN mission in South Sudan

‘The first batch of Kenyan troops, who served in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, have returned home, in response to the UN’s sacking of a Kenyan commander in charge of the forces over negligence of duty.
About 100 troops of a total of around 1,000 Kenyan soldiers landed in Nairobi on Wednesday, a week after Kenya said it would pull out its forces from the UN mission in South Soudan, known as UNMISS, in protest at the firing of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki.
“Today we have started our withdrawal from South Sudan following President [Uhuru] Kenyatta’s directive last week,” Kenyan Major General Benjamin Biwott told reporters at Nairobi’s international airport, adding that the remaining soldiers would arrive in coming days.’
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