The Pan African Parliament has urged the African Union to allow Uganda’s forces in the African Union Peace Keeping Mission in Somalia to seize just being a defensive force in Somalia by reviewing the protocol on the peace keeping mission in Somalia.

Uganda peace keeping troops in Somalia

This comes after Uganda was hit with bomb blasts to which the Somali based Al Shabab claimed responsibility. The Al Shabab accuses Uganda and Burundi of keeping their forces in Somalia and having prompted those bomb blasts in Kampala so as to revenge to Uganda for taking soldiers to Somalia.

One of the Members of the Pan African Parliament Johnson Toskin has told a press conference at Parliament that the peace keeping mission has achieved little or nothing as the situation in Somalia has instead worsened just because the forces are merely defensive.

Toskin says therefore Pan Africa Parliament should petition the Africa Union to have the protocol amended such that the forces in Somalia can be allowed to be offensive.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker of the Pan African, Mary Mugyenyi has urged other African countries to come and support the Uganda forces in Somalia as they pledged to such that the Somali peace keeping mission becomes stronger. Although many countries including Ghana and Nigeria pledged to contribute troops to the aU peace Keeping mission in Somalia, only Uganda and Burundi have sent troops to the war torn Eastern Africa nation.

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By Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media