UN “regrets” KDF withdrawal, replaces Kenyan commander with Chinese

The United Nations says it “regrets” Kenya’s decision to withdraw its troops from UN operations in South Sudan (Unmiss) after it fired Lt-Gen Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki as the commander of its UN peacekeeping force.
The Under Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, said there was a system-wide accountability and everyone has a degree of responsibility.
Ladsous said the investigatory report findings, which showed Lt-Gen Ondieki’s leadership failure, were irrefutable.
Ladsous said.
According to UN spokesman Stephen Dujarric, Lt-Gen Ondieki has been replaced on an acting basis by Maj-Gen Chaoying Yang, the Unmiss Deputy Commander.
Mr Dujarric said.
Kenya rejected a UN offer to nominate a replacement for Lt Gen Ondieki, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Foreign Ministry in Nairobi.
 
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday slammed the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for Lt-Gen Ondieki’s sacking.
Uhuru said Kenya will not work with the UN in South Sudan because it “has now resorted to scapegoating Kenyans”.
said the President.