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Somalia President Hassan Sheikh will allow Kenya miraa drug to kill more Somalis
Miraa traders have expressed optimism that the regime change in Somalia on Sunday will revive trade relations with Kenya and salvage the dwindling fortunes of khat, according to Business Daily Africa reported.
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.
The return of former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was re-elected into office on Sunday night following corrupt Somali lawmakers voting for Hassan Sheikh paid lawmakers bribes.
Kenyan khat is smuggled to Somalia through the ocean.
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.
Former Somali 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 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.