KDF Soldiers get paid a hardship allowance of Kes.20 per day.
Hardship allowance is an additional compensation paid to our forces assigned to Somalia where the living conditions are substantially below those in Kenya.
According to military.com, the USA Armed Forces' rates are paid in increments of ;
-$50-approximately Kes.4,250
-$100-approximately Kes.8,500
-$150-approximately Kes.12,750 a month based on the level of hardship in a given area.
Those in involuntary extension of duty get paid upto $200-approximately Kes 17,000 per month.
If you combine all these hardship compensations based on location,mission and involuntary extension, the maximum total paid to an individual in any month is $1,500-approximately Kes. 127,500.
Of course, you cannot compare the two countries but give me a break,20 bob a day for out brave men and women in Somalia. The thought makes me sick.
Somalia is a desperately poor country with little infrastructure, the weather is erratic with long droughts and flash floods that render the roads impassable even for the 4WD vehicles the KDF use as a mode of transportation. It is a tough life these men and women experience to protect this country. They face danger,death and misery at the hands of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
I ask the Kenyan government to review these rates. These brave men and women deserve our respect not only by words of mouth but by actions that motivate and appreciate them
'What good is a man /woman who fight for a country that despises his/her worth?'
Picture a mother who has a son fighting in Somalia. He comes home for rest before embarking on the tough military journey. The son's skin, spirit, and health defaced by the tough conditions in Somalia. The mother asks how much her son is paid in hardship allowance. The son says Kes.20 per day. She mourns and cries for her son. The son says he fight with his heart, he fights for his country. That is patriotism!!
BUT what has his country done for him?????
GOOD DAY FOLKS!
Hardship allowance is an additional compensation paid to our forces assigned to Somalia where the living conditions are substantially below those in Kenya.
According to military.com, the USA Armed Forces' rates are paid in increments of ;
-$50-approximately Kes.4,250
-$100-approximately Kes.8,500
-$150-approximately Kes.12,750 a month based on the level of hardship in a given area.
Those in involuntary extension of duty get paid upto $200-approximately Kes 17,000 per month.
If you combine all these hardship compensations based on location,mission and involuntary extension, the maximum total paid to an individual in any month is $1,500-approximately Kes. 127,500.
Of course, you cannot compare the two countries but give me a break,20 bob a day for out brave men and women in Somalia. The thought makes me sick.
Somalia is a desperately poor country with little infrastructure, the weather is erratic with long droughts and flash floods that render the roads impassable even for the 4WD vehicles the KDF use as a mode of transportation. It is a tough life these men and women experience to protect this country. They face danger,death and misery at the hands of the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
I ask the Kenyan government to review these rates. These brave men and women deserve our respect not only by words of mouth but by actions that motivate and appreciate them
'What good is a man /woman who fight for a country that despises his/her worth?'
Picture a mother who has a son fighting in Somalia. He comes home for rest before embarking on the tough military journey. The son's skin, spirit, and health defaced by the tough conditions in Somalia. The mother asks how much her son is paid in hardship allowance. The son says Kes.20 per day. She mourns and cries for her son. The son says he fight with his heart, he fights for his country. That is patriotism!!
BUT what has his country done for him?????
GOOD DAY FOLKS!
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