Kenya set for high-tech missile shield with Sh3.4bn Israeli loan

Fighter jets fly past guests during the 11the anniversary of the Kenya Defence Forces Day at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on October 14, 2022.

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Kenya will tap a Sh3.4 billion loan from Israel amid plans for Tel Aviv to part-fund the acquisition of a high-tech missile defence system to boost Kenya’s ability to ward off security threats.

Budget documents tabled in Parliament show that the Treasury expects the loan to be directly wired to the Ministry of Defence in the financial year starting this July.

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