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Entebbe raid and how it strained Kenya-Uganda ties

Uganda President Idi Amin and his Kenyan counterpart  Jomo Kenyatta in May 1976. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By KENNETH KWAMA

KENYA: On June 27, 1976, Israeli fighter jets that were on a mission to rescue hostages held by Palestinian radicals in Entebbe, Uganda made a stopover in Nairobi under the cover of darkness and refuelled before proceeding on the daring mission.

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