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KDF purchase of Sh43bn arms from US faces Washington opposition
An Air Tractor. A military monitoring news organisation based in London reported yesterday that Kenya may have confused the AT-802L made by L-3 in Texas with an AT-802 aircraft manufactured by IOMAX in North Carolina. PHOTO | FILE
A US congressman is seeking to halt Kenya’s pending $418 million (Sh43.3 billion) weapons purchase from a US contractor centred on 12 converted agricultural aircraft intended to bolster the Kenya Defence Force’s campaign against Al-Shabaab.
“My office has received credible allegations of faulty contracting practices, fraud and unfair treatment surrounding this sale,” Congressman Ted Budd said on Tuesday.
