Kenya’s drug miraa exports, flights to Somalia to resume




Kenya will resume exports of miraa (khat) to Somalia in two weeks following a thawing of relations that saw President Uhuru Kenyatta make his first trip to Mogadishu Thursday since the renewing of diplomatic ties between the two countries last June. According Business Daily Africa reported.

Kenya’s Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya said Mr Kenyatta brokered the deal with new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on Thursday that will see the lifting of a two-year ban.




Mr Munya said the export of the crop mainly grown in Meru County would begin in a fortnight when the two heads of State sign a formal trade agreement.

The minister also announced that direct flights between the two neighbouring countries would resume from next Tuesday, a move that would enable the crop to be flown directly from Isiolo airport.

A bilateral air service agreement would be signed on the sidelines of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) meeting slated for Tuesday in Nairobi, he said.

Addressing the press outside Kaliati dispensary in Tigania West, Meru County, when he started a two-day regional tour to local farmers, Mr Munya said the new Somalia regime had promised improved diplomatic relations.

He said the trade talks were cemented after the Kenyan delegation, in which he was part, led by President Kenyatta, attended Mr Mohamoud’s inauguration in Mogadishu Thursday.




Somalia closed access to its market for Kenya in 2020 following a political fallout. The ban led to a loss of more than 50 tonnes of Kenyan khat valued at more than Sh20 million a day.

According to sources Kenyan officials told Somali Times, the Kenyan government may freeze president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud assets which he has more $50 million dollar property. Our sources add one of Hassan Sheikh wife living in Karen state, Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south-west of Nairobi central business district property worth $8 millon dollars.

Miraa-Khat is a drug scientifically known as Catha Edulis and contains chemicals that stimulate blood circulation causing blood pressure. It also inhibits digestive enzymes and stops appetite. It creates hallucination, fantasy and uninterrupted talks. Together with all those harmful effects, it also causes family mental health problems.

Corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and his whole family stole more than $500 million in public funds. The time he was in office for 5 years 2012-2017 he never paid civil servants, army forces, police and the whole ministry their wages.

Mr Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was a teacher before he became the Somalia president and now he is a multimillionaire, owning properties in Turkey, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius and around the world, according to Somali officials told Somali Times.

Somalia is most corrupted country in the world ranking number one.