BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 DTC CASE 05-050018734

UNCLAS NAIROBI 000101 SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/DTCC BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR AND AF/E SENSITVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC KE SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 DTC CASE 05-050018734 REF: 07 STATE 162592 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. FOR INTERNAL USG DISTRIBUTION ONLY. ¶1. (SBU) As instructed reftel, Embassy Nairobi Blue Lantern action officer and Kenya-U.S. Liaison Office (KUSLO) end-use monitoring officer contacted Kenyan Brigadier General J. Otieno to arrange a post-shipment/end-use check on the delivery of 741 pieces of military communications equipment with a license value of over $15.8 million (DTC 05-050018734). ¶2. (SBU) On January 9, 2008, KUSLO deputy chief, KUSLO end-use monitoring officer, and Blue Lantern action officer paid courtesy calls on BG Otieno at the Ministry of State for Defense and on Army Administration Unit BG Oyagi, who told emboffs that the Kenyan Army had received two consignments of the Harris Corporation communications equipment, which remain warehoused and yet to be distributed to any Army units. A third (and final) assignment of 38 pieces awaits customs clearance at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. BG Oyagi said he expects distribution of the communications equipment to begin on January 16. ¶3. (SBU) Following the courtesy calls, KUSLO end-use monitoring office and Blue Lantern action officer visited the Kenya Army Ordinance Headquarters Depot, where they visually inspected several hundred boxes of Harris communications equipment. With the full cooperation of Army Ordinance Depot commander, Lt. Colonel Kibaru, emboffs were permitted to review the two consignments' bills of lading and the Harris packing lists, along with the base's own inventory docket -- a registration book of received items. The registration book carefully listed the contents of consignments received on 5 June 2007 and 31 October 2007. Once the Kenya Revenue Authority clears the third consignment, the Kenyan Army will begin installing the communications equipment in its Humvees, tanks, and other vehicles. ¶4. (SBU) Embassy Nairobi Blue Lantern action officer and KUSLO end-use monitoring officer confirm that the Kenyan Ministry of State for Defense has received this shipment listed on the United States Munitions List and that its articles will be used for the purpose stated on the license. ¶5. (U) Embassy Nairobi Blue Lantern officer is Econ Officer George ¶W. Aldridge, whose ETD is August 2009. Aldridge's contact information is: tel: (o) 254-20-363-6048; fax: 254-20-363-6311; email aldridgegw@state.gov. RANNEBERGER