Atmis hands over Kuday military base to Somalia army
Ugandan peacekeepers serving under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 14, 2023. Ugandan military officer Lt-Gen Sam Kavuma took over office as the Atmis Force Commander on July 28, 2024.
The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) said on Thursday that it has officially handed over the Kuday military base to the Somali security forces, marking a milestone in the third phase of the troop drawdown.
Atmis said the Kuday base, which is located in the Lower Juba region in Southern Somalia, has been manned by the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) since 2015 and has played a critical role in safeguarding the port city of Kismayo as a strategic buffer zone.
