Is Kenya losing the war against al-Shabab? | UpFront

Is Kenya losing the war against al-Shabab?: In this week's UpFront, we ask Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed about her country's progress in the war against al-Shabab. We also discuss her government's successes and Kenya's experience with the International Criminal Court.
In the Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan looks into the French concept of "laicite" - separation of church and state - and some of the double standards it seems to have when it comes to Islam.
And in a special interview, former Colombian presidential contender Ingrid Betancourt - who spent more than six years in FARC captivity - weighs in on the latest referendum that rejected a peace deal between the government and rebels.
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[@KarandeepSinghK]

This lady is Ninja at dodging questions.

[@Lawson8330]

Right?

[@hayinka7691]

watcha

[@ayshecks_inside6004]

omg!!!!!! amina you sick!!!!! I can't believe this is how you debate....Sooo Shameful....improve your Debate pliiiiiiiz you have shamed yourself

[@seanwulf1740]

more like beverly hill ninja, she thinks shes dodgin questions but her replies just affirm the implication by the question

[@roselykari5892]

ooooh my

[@mohamediabdy6585]

I thought this woman was brilliant. she disappointed me by not answering a single questions.

[@ziyaray6509]

I am Somali born in Kenya and I'd say as somali community we are tortured and not given rights as other communities in kenya to an extent our fellow Kenyans call us 'Al Shabaab' .And the case of Somalis in Kenya being killed and tortured does exist eventhore the government deny them.Several young Somali men from north eastern Kenya are missing.

[@MrAnonymousunkown]

Ziya Ray The Bantus will soon enter a civil war, it's time to take back our land

[@kenrickwatene3036]

You are not Kenyan you lying pig!! Somalis are not mistreated!

[@Willy-ff8mf]

Somalis are thriving in kenya more than in Somalia.

[@wiseass2149]

This is why I love Upfront. Mehdi Hasan has some of the best interviews ever.

[@EricMugendi]

If only Kenyan media could ask incisive and hard-hitting questions like this...

[@sarthaknanda7730]

they would but knowing our government they'd be found dead in a ditch in 2 months on "unrelated incidences"

[@Gamkarn]

The Kenyan government has found the right Foreign Minister lol

[@xx5386]

Chanyanut you so funny :) LOL

[@tushshubro]

I pity her husband who ends up arguing with her

[@chickenslayer6293]

she is the best foreign minister ever,doesn't answer any questions, changes the subject and says I wasn't notified about anything wrong about or in the country.

[@daudin3033]

Mehdi Invited the wrong person. The CS is not talking anything sensible.

[@nasradmahamed7747]

Thank's Yusuf, yep she don't know the science of argument

[@daudin3033]

+Nasra D Mahamed She is talking on behalf of her master who perpetrated crimes against humanity. Thats reality in the public domain

[@orinakhocha]

which master are you talking about.

[@manchesterunitedhighlights6810]

James uhuruto mafala

[@antonysimba]

The most I heard was the word "RIGHT...Right....RIGHT....Right...RIGHT...Right....RIGHT....Right..."RIGHT...Right....RIGHT....Right"

[@billowabdi6346]

This lady is not sincere to Kenyan Somalis in North Eastern...how can she say that the human rights violation in North Eastern Kenya is 'made up'.......she is not sincere.

[@kambibolongo7530]

She is not sincere to herself, all the Kenyans, and to humanity.

[@janejaykes946]

well done amina,as a journalist you don't just keep talking,the show is not about you,give your interviewee a chance to respond, and terrorism is not a one mans show,terrorism is a global fight!

[@josephinenm7932]

i will pull off all the hair on my head if she says right again

[@petercajetan5014]

right

[@jamaladem9945]

Josephine N M omg tht is funny

[@minsulwe]

What an epic disappointment! She should have done us all a favour and turned down the interview. How did she make it to the top of the list for African Union chair?

[@armv7-m603]

wtf? how is she a foreign minister??

[@TonyMureithi]

The best Foreign affairs Minister Kenya has ever had!! GREAT!!

[@7428tony]

Rotten to the core, she's a disgrace I'm pretty sure her husband doesn't have say,

[@cultuuedpetri]

she must be taking debate tips from Donald Drumpf(Trump), with all the interruptions and evasions of questions with any significance.

[@cyprianotieno8020]

Her losing the seat at AU made me come here! and being Kenyan, I am very very very disappointed at her!

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

Lol omera!

[@abdiwahabhasaanahmed6652]

shes just defending her boyfriends goverment #uhuru. she doesn't know the difficulties somalis are going through.

[@salmadeck8759]

hahahahahha I had to laugh to tht

[@emkeyibrahim4456]

#abdiwali thats where ignorance have reached you nkt . Grow up dude

[@orinakhocha]

you need to pray five times and repent, stop insulting people.

[@mohamednoor6846]

Abdiwahab Hasaan Ahmed ...Really... .nkt.

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

Lol

[@tguks]

This is just too painful to watch!

[@kashuusevenk7]

Kenya is ashamed when they were unable say the figure of soldiers who loosed there lives On the other hand even they refused news reporters to film even

[@michaellesaloi1630]

proud of my foreign Minister

[@NiAlfie]

Michael Lesaloi, Michael, you don't have.

[@michaellesaloi1630]

I don't actual support what she was saying but I like how she dodge the bullets. The international media always are on our case when something is not going well where are they when good things happen in africa

[@samuelmichira6961]

Michael Lesaloi .

[@GMLugo]

that makes the two of us...

[@josephkiragu4282]

WOW, Amina can't answer questions that as a Kenyan i want to know. Ive officially lost confidence in our foreign affairs minister.

[@adamspaul38]

imagine this is the smartest cs in Kenya! what a joke

[@umo80]

She is not not by any kind of imagination Joe Mucheru for me is the smartest CS followed by Matiangi

[@TheBlueEmpire-20]

Matiangi number one

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

Lol.

[@sammusau9206]

she embarrased us Kenyans and is supposedly being tipped for the head of african union DISGRACE

[@tawadha]

She does sound like a lecturer than a foreign minister....right..??

[@quraanlovers3938]

good job mehdi hassan ,

[@qurantaxfiidonline9537]

What a world we are living!

[@dyna013]

What an embarrassment to Kenya! That lady is so defensive, doesn't even want to answer or hear questions! Good representation of her government.

[@billowabdi6346]

''Since we are not going anywhere....'' Mehdi. I like that.

[@jamalfathela8374]

men...mehdi hassan is cold..but this is nothing compared to what was done to raila...this guy is smart want to see him do my president

[@mmsuju]

She can't even cover her head so you expect the truth from her ?

[@kairuthimugambi2245]

oh dear now who between them spoke appropriately

[@SilasTalam]

Haha our foreign minister doesn't like nonsense

[@sammykalintosh5630]

Am a Kenyan and I do agree that we're losing the war against Alshabaab. And I knew that this would happen. I was against the war in the first place. Invading and occupying a foreign country because 3 foreign workers have been kidnapped is the most absurd thing I have ever seen

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

This so embarrasing. I'm literally crynging in embarrasment for her. She's nothing more than a pretty face. A good example of a blond.

[@faafanjarar4964]

I'm a Kenyan law a biding citizen but what our foreign minister are saying is totally senseless,' I don't know whether she is avoiding to answer a simple question or her politics are limited to that stage.' sorry my minster but zero in what you are doing

[@shafwab4571]

She is the Foreign Affairs Minister and she showcased how the leadership engage in truth concealing at the expense of powerful facts and figures. just PR and nothing else she had

[@mohazinhodineymar6069]

Did the minister of foreign affairs in Kenya just say she doesn't care what happens in Kenya loool

[@chickenslayer6293]

I feel sorry for the Africans because the European countries exploited there resources in the colonial years and didn't even set up a stable government eg congo region from the Belgians and Somalia from the Italians.

[@tuforu4]

the started coffeee and tea growing and railways etc thomas sonkara was only good african leader

[@yyperi]

You can blame some things on colonialists but lack of stable governments is fault of African people. Did you know that Hong Kong, one of the richest and most developed countries in the world, used to be a British colony until 1997?

[@tuforu4]

so was ireland and we had to have terror war to get rid or britain,,,kenya was same,,

[@wizdalmar7559]

stop lieing Somalia just become strongest African country after colonization Somalia was power house of Africa Somalia fight for other African countries under colonization they used to training and armed south Africa, Zimbabwe and support Palatine against Israel and become the first African country to join Arab league

[@mukhtaribrahim2150]

She isn't even Lessing the questions?!!

[@brendanaudi1919]

I am a Kenyan and to be honest, i feel so embarrassed. She embarrassed herself and our country in that interview. What a shame.

[@Akama0927]

Unpreparedness is what people think is smartness and braveness. Defensive ideology can't win reality.

[@TLYSMJ]

hahhahahaha, i need to get some green spinach!

[@complicatedjason]

Christmas is as legal as Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. Don't bullshit Mehdi Hasan

[@nyamweyabwomari5895]

This woman doesn't care! SO sad she is the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs!

[@cabdimohamed2495]

women are nowadays forgetting their responsibilities and shifting to more complicated ones.

[@lupopinero2186]

you know she is originala somalia her name is Amina mohmed

[@collieRas]

i think this is why she lost on her bid for the AU post. She practically dug her own grave!!!!!!

[@deent.i]

What a shame, she doesn't have guts to answer any questions, in fact she argues to dodge...we are ashamed of her as citizens of Kenya..force disappearance, extrajudicial killings, non trial imprisonment of Kenyan citizens and deportation of Kenyan citizens to be sentenced in foreign countries..those are just brief ones..and still after 10 months we have no idea what happened to our defenses forces at El Ade ..

[@thenaturalmuslim658]

I feel embarrassed, its as is i sent my learned child to a spelling contest and he failed to spell the word 'ALL' terribly

[@andrewndambuki2207]

I came here from a very educative debate from Oxford University where Mehdi Hassan eviscerated proponents of the ideology that Islam in its entirety as a religion is to blame for terrorism acts worldwide, only to come here and expect a similar healthy debate and be embarassed by Amina Mohamed's unpreparedness, lack of conversational courtesy and unreceptiveness of criticism and disregard of facts in her blind combative and defensive blabber and counterarguments against honest observations from watchdogs on our governments unsuccessful efforts on the war on terror.

[@stephenotieno156]

i pity my country is this the best brain for that position ? no wonder she has never practiced law after all who goes to Kiev to study law !!!!!!

[@Kathy12Ray]

Amina usually speaks from talking points given to her on cards, written and researched scripts. Which is not bad, but she really lacks the depth to speak freestyle on many issues. Was she drunk? Dear Lord! She has no vocabulary or temperament for an interview with a journalist of Mehdi's calibre. Defensive and lying outright. Speaking with Kenya's majorly timid media gives these politicians a false sense of relevance.

[@mimikwisha85]

Somali people are intelligent and smart. If only they can get their people back to their country and try and work towards making Somali a better place. No European will come to build your country for you. It will take the people of Somali to build it back. We can talk all day say nasty stuff and fight about each other but without uniting Somalians nothing can be done.

[@leonmiyale6377]

SHE IS LYING ABOUT THE LAPTOP ISSUE

[@Akama0927]

Islam will loose , but being defensive in an interview won't stop them from hitting Kenya. The reality is, we're being hit and loosing people everyday. Have we improved, yes, can we do better, by far. She seems upset by the many questions barraging her, we're upset more by the barrage of alshabaab on our people.

[@issaabdi5639]

she is saying right when she has nothing sensible or anything right .I can't believe the world is watching a minister this vague

[@MichaelMichuki]

How do you expect to get any answers if you are not giving the lady a chance to speak. Cmon man

[@mohamedaminibrahim7904]

Amina are just saying Somalis are not harassed in Nairobi? Wtf? Shame on you..

[@aliohiraa]

what did I just watched Mehdi maintained he's professionalism and she tried to cover up and not answer any question in hope of keeping her superiors happy and being seen worthy instead she showed the in perfection, arrogance, immature and corruption of Kenya. and loyalty and true like lies is for SALE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@nickieslumthug]

kenya is not loosing against alshabaab..alshabaab has already lost everything ..and .the war is not over yet ..thanks to amisom taking their time on garrison mode while alshabaab remains the biggest threat to mostly kenya ..kenya was better off on its own fighting alshabaab

[@dancanbwire7870]

This is a total embarrassment. No clue on what she was saying. How did she even land the job OMG!

[@titokhirsimedia4721]

Kenya should bring back our land

[@achibela1876]

Kenyan politicians will always downplay important question,

[@noaha5484]

She's ethnic somali and She's talking like that shame on her🤦🏼‍♂️🙊

[@MrAnonymousunkown]

Noah A We don't consider her Somali anymore, she's a Bantu Keynan now. When Kenya enters a civil war, she will have no refuge in Somalia, instead put in prison.

[@mr.movieclips001]

Mehdi just made a whole kenyan minister look dumb. She can't even answer 1 question

[@lilykemy4172]

as a Kenyan I drop my head in shame she does not represent my veiw

[@jothamamalemba]

Watching this is just hilarious!!!!

[@josephtanuey280]

i can now see wy she was not elected to be AU commission chair! cant handle issues,

[@petercajetan5014]

Classic woman-like style debate when she knows she is wrong. Cs Amina prepared well for this :-D

[@gshhxydhd4179]

Human rights commissions don't need to talk to you. They've released a report and it's upto you to act upon the information given to you. I also can't seem to get my head around how she says "they" when referring to ethnic Somalis in Kenya, Is she not Somali herself? I'm really ashamed to come from the same tribe as her in Somalia.

[@Designatedsurvivorer]

I'm so embarrassed to watch our foreign minister make a fool of herself she can not defend nor debate her position

[@GambitronPrime]

wow...just wow! Amina needs to learn to keep her cool...and also how to prepare for an interview.

[@jacksonmwangi6236]

never seen her like that,the question's though.....

[@somalivoice4881]

I like this man ? And his interview.

[@alicekaginu7280]

#Afrika4Amina #OneAfrika

[@goldcoins9311]

I find her attractive.

[@winniebahati6720]

She is so defensive, I'm embarrassed for her.

[@mshefaa]

This explains why half a century after independence Kenya still depends on donation. She sounds like someone chatting at a market.

[@rafiquem8040]

if all those resources is involved, I wonder why the same resources would not be used to create a dialogue and come to a security involvement for peace, why does Alshabab Attack Kenya in the first place?

[@nicholaskambala5685]

If you all wanted it to be a sane discussion you should take it up with the interviewer, The questions are just attacks, He should learn to ask the "Hard questions" in a civilized way aimed to bring sane discussions. Disappointed.

[@kambibolongo7530]

Welcome to the real world if you think hard questions are attacks. Attacks on whom by the way? Kenya government's obligation is to protects all of its people, not just foreigners and their interests.

[@kemiemukami]

THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING FOR KENYA.MADAM DIPLOMACY AT HER BEST

[@Canadian1987guy]

just like Raila she's dodging questions . amejibu nini sasa surely,nothing.

[@dierotepillephilosophie1428]

This guy can make a good prosecutor, hahaaaaaa

[@geoffreymakomere2746]

Die rote Pille Philosophie for sure Mehdi Hassan

[@abdullahiali1777]

i hope she resigns from the post of foreign minister. her augment makes me throw up. biggest nonsense i have ever watched on upfront program.

[@MuaadAM]

Is there a way to mute the video automatically whenever she opens her mouth? This is disgusting.

[@raymondmatayo9064]

whats wrong with her she is such a poor listener and interviewee for a minister. am so dissapointed

[@jafarali6953]

this lady is the Secretary-General of alshabab

[@susankamau4060]

Deer caught in the headlights much ???????????

[@nathannathan3428]

She thinks she's intelligent but she's very dull, comprehending issues and arrogant...smh disgraceful....

[@reinhardotieno5549]

Shame on Her- Thank God She Lost the AU chair

[@abdifatahfarah3723]

CS Amina is de ryt person for mehd's interviev keep politics aside plz nd see how dis journalist is been dictatorial he doesnt giv pple chance to respond to questns. de fact is Amina is de best CS in uhuruto regime

[@wilsonmuriuki6267]

And that's our Foreign Minister, Dodgy, and arrogant... and that's why I Doubted her capability to handle AUC chair responsibilities.

[@patrickm2551]

the CS might have been dumb in this interview but the interviewer can hardly do a sane interview too

[@tuforu4]

i wish he asked her about the amount of MOB LYNCHINGS in kenya,, or what ruto is up too

[@aliyaabdi6266]

listening its quiet important in a conversation and amina mohamed isnt answering on what is required

[@theexotic2983]

Hilarious right?

[@ToxicAfricanKing]

Absolutely

[@snowball4259]

5 minutes into the interview and the cringe is real. I can now understand why we lost the AU chair; she being "our representative".

[@titokhirsimedia4721]

North eastern provinces especially garissa,isiolo,wajir is to belong to greater somalia