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Diplomatic standoff: Somali officials blocked at JKIA

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma was among those expected to address delegates yesterday afternoon. (Standard)

Three Somali officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi, on Monday in an apparent escalation of standoff between Kenya and its neighbour.

A Somalia-based radio station Dalsan FM identified the three as Osman Liban (Deputy Minister of Water and Energy) and senators Ilyas Ali Hassan and Zamzam Dahir.

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