Major General Peter Muteti visited the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops in Kismayo.
Maj. Gen. Muteti is the ATMIS Deputy Force Commander (DFC) in charge of Support and Logistics.
On Monday, he was in Kismayo Sector 6 where the ATMIS forces are stationed.
Specifically, Maj. Gen. Muteti was in the region to assess the welfare and readiness of the ATMIS forces for combat.
He commended them for the role they played in stabilizing Somalia.
The DFC called upon the ATMIS troops to work closely with security forces in Somalia to defeat the Al-Shabaab fighters operating in the south too.