The report<\/a> said peacekeepers did not act when soldiers attacked an aid compound in the capital, Juba.<\/p>\nIn the fighting between the army and former rebels, a local journalist was killed and aid workers were raped.<\/p>\n
The clashes derailed efforts to form a unity government and end the civil war.<\/p>\n
‘Structural dys-functionality’<\/h2>\n
In its statement, Kenya said Mr Ban’s decision to sack Gen Ondieki failed to address the root causes of the problem highlighted in the report.<\/p>\n
“What is clear is that Unmiss [UN Mission in South Sudan] suffers from structural dys-functionality, which has severely hindered its capacity to discharge its mandate,” the statement says.<\/p>\n
Kenya suggests the UN should have addressed the problems which are dogging its peacekeeping mission rather than “unfairly” blame them on one individual.<\/p>\n
It is not clear how many of the UN’s 13,000 troops in South Sudan come from Kenya.<\/p>\n
Accused of rape<\/h2>\n
In connection with the incidents which led to the sacking of Gen Ondieki, several people were arrested on Wednesday in Juba, officials said.<\/p>\n
Among those arrested, eight are accused of rape, and eight others of looting.<\/p>\n
The government of South Sudan had commissioned its own report on the July incidents but it did not make it public.<\/p>\n
The UN has not yet commented on Kenya’s response to the secretary-general’s decision.<\/p>\n
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–<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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