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Hard questions as fresh twist in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s aborted trip emerges

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Deputy President William Ruto (left) at JKIA shortly before leaving for an official visit to Los Angeles. His trip was cancelled midair and return ordered. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: More details have emerged of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s night flight to the United States last Thursday that was cancelled midair and ordered to return to avoid the dangers of wading through Yemeni airspace, which is literally a war zone.

The fresh details include the scramble by high-profiled personalities who had a few hours earlier seen the President off, to get back to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to receive him.

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