Kenya left in dilemma over Huawei as US-China trade war threatens to spill over

Claims by President Trump that China's tech giant could be spying for Beijing has raised data security questions considering its vast footprint in Kenya's telecommunication sector.

President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order whose ripples may reverberate beyond the US borders all the way to Kenya.

With one stroke of the pen, Trump declared a national emergency giving US companies legal grounding to ban information and communication technology suppliers perceived to be a security threat.