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Kenya says it is shocked at the decision of the UN secretary-general to sack the Kenyan commander of the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Ban Ki-moon dismissed Lt Gen Johnson Ondieki after a report said it had failed to protect civilians in July.<\/p>\n

Kenya condemned the decision as unfair, and said it would withdraw its troops from the UN mission in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> said peacekeepers did not act when soldiers attacked an aid compound in the capital, Juba.<\/p>\n

In 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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