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Port expansions could expose Kenya to more crime

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The vast potential of the multi-billion dollar development must not be undermined by organised crime and terrorism.

the Manda Bay military base in Lamu in January 2020, killing three American defence staff and destroying US aircraft and vehicles.

merchants’. Despite state efforts to encourage business in Lamu at the Kiunga border point, evidence of organised crime near the port persists.12 tonnes of dry fish worth $45,000 smuggled from Somalia to Kenya. The Kenya Coast Guard based in Lamu burnt khat worth $222,000 that was headed to Somalia from Kenya.

in the war on terror, such as extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, have at times targeted people living in Lamu. Al-Shabaab takes advantage of such situations in recruiting its members from Lamu.. As a link to South Sudan and Ethiopia, the port presents an opportunity to expand drug trafficking to markets in northern Kenya and neighbouring East African states.

 

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