 Media reports indicated that the uniforms had been distributed by the Federal Government to the 14 October Battalion"

In the 2019 United Nations Security Council Report, the report indicated that arms allocated to the Federal Government of Somalia continue to end up in the hands of Al-Shabaab The report details that these weapons are streamlined from the Federal Government, to Local black-market arms dealers, to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.This presents a major security threat not only to Somalia, but to its neighbouring countries who have been effected by Al-Shabaab.