Uhuru will be keeping an eagle eye on the bad guys! KDF ups its game in the fight against Al Shabaab with acquisition of new military drones from US (Photos)
Image: An aerial view of the ScanEagle UAV.Only three African countries operate ScanEagle drones, and Kenya is one of them. The American-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the latest acquisition by the Kenyan military.
Kenya has been caught unawares by the bad guys one too many times; it was perhaps the reason why the country’s armed forces decided to purchase a drone that will enable them keep an eagle eye on terrorists.
News about Kenya acquiring ScanEagle drones was first reported in February 2016, a few weeks after the bloody El-Adde attack.
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By then the country was in the process of acquiring the drones; Business Daily reports that unknown number of ScanEagle drones were delivered to the Kenyan military.
The drones will enable the Kenyan military to conduct real-time surveillance in the battlefield at home and abroad.
Kenya, Cameroon and Tunisia are the only African countries that operate the American-made unmanned aerial vehicle.
