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Deputy Minister of Energy and two lawmakers are tonight being held at JKIA after Kenya denied them entry because they’ve Somali passports, per source. According to sources, other ministers, officials were allowed to enter only after producing their western passports.
BREAKING: Deputy energy minister Osman Liban travelled to Kenya to attend the launch of the EU Trust Fund for Africa programme “Collaboration in Cross Border Areas of the Horn of Africa” due to open May 21. Somali ministers, officials vowed not to attend w/o the deputy minister 
The background to the worsening relations between Kenya and Somalia is mainly connected to maritime dispute before the @CIJ_ICJ which Kenya wants out of court settlement per observers. For more on this, here is my recent thread on the escalating situation
BREAKING: Somali Deputy energy minister Osman Liban and two Senators have just landed at Mogadishu airport after Kenya denied them entry to Nairobi. Kenya didn’t issue prior notice that it will not issue visas on Somali diplomatic passports, according to Somali Govt source.
