Standard correspondent Kenya and the United States will next week undertake joint military exercises.
The war games, to last about two weeks along the Coast, will involve several hundred Kenyan and US personnel and is part of on-going joint annual bilateral exercises.
Like its predecessors, âEdged Mallet â04' provides the United States and Kenyan armed forces with the opportunity to refine their operational skills, techniques and procedures.
The exercises would enhance their ability to work together effectively and strengthen the long-standing military relationship between the two countries.
Most of the activities â which include small arms training, reconnaissance and joint patrols â will take place on Kenyan military areas and ranges and thus will remain largely invisible to the general public.
âEdged Mallet â04' also provides an opportunity for the two countriesâ militaries to co-operate on various community relations and humanitarian projects.
Among those planned are medical and dental clinics, and United States Marines will help refurbish a boyâs secondary school.
Such projects also help provide practical training for construction engineers, medical staff and other specialists.
