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Kenya: Smuggling Across Lamu-Somalia Border Thrives Despite Ban
Nation, 28 September 2020
Lapses in the law, coupled with porous border points, have continued to fuel cross-border miraa and fish smuggling between Somalia and Kenya. Read more »
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Somalia: Foreign Trawlers, Illegal Fishing, Staff Shortage Deny Somalia U.S.$300 Million in Revenue
East African, 7 July 2020
After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East… Read more »
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Kenya: State Destroys Fish Smuggled From Somalia
Nation, 21 April 2020
The government has destroyed a Sh5 million consignment of dried fish which was smuggled from Somalia. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Destroys 12 Tonnes of Fish Smuggled From Kismayo
Radio Dalsan, 21 April 2020
Kenya has destroyed 12 tones of smuggled fish from Somalia. Read more »
Smuggling Across Kenya-Somali Border Thrives Despite Embargo
Lapses in the law, coupled with porous border points, has seen the continuing smuggling of fish and a stimulant, miraa, between Somalia and Kenya, despite a trade ban implemented by the Kenyan government in June, 2019. The ban was a measure to contain human trafficking, terror merchants and the smuggling of contraband. According to Lamu County Commissioner, Irungu Macharia, authorities are aware that miraa traders and fishermen are crossing into Somalia to sell their goods through Kiunga and Ishakani border points, writes Kalume Kazungu for The Nation.
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All fishermen are prohibited from carrying out their activities in Ras Kamboni and any other areas past Kiunga Town, all of which lay close to the Kenya-Somalia border, according ... Read more »
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The Somali government has avenged the 'embarassment' of its three senior Somali officials that were refused entry visas in Nairobi while travelling to attend the EU-sponsored ... Read more »
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Kenyan officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport have stopped the junior Minister of Water and Energy Osman Libah and legislators Ilyas Ali Hassan and Zamzam Dahir ... Read more »
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Foreign Ministers of both countries have expressed a strong desire to "normalise relations" with an agreement to allow their respective ambassadors to return to their diplomatic ... Read more »
Kenya Navy officers rescuing fishermen whose dhows capsized at Mlango wa Bomani in Kiunga, Lamu East (file photo).
