Kenya earnings from exports to Somalia hits a decade-low

A trader arranges khat for export to Somalia at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. Kenya’s exports to the neighbouring country has dropped. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The war-scarred Somalia has lost its lustre as a market outlet for Kenya's goods despite the heavy investments that Nairobi has made to restore political stability in the Horn of Africa nation.

Earnings from exports to Somalia last year slipped to a decade low amid erratic production and growing suspicions over long-standing maritime territorial dispute, provisional trade statistics show.

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