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Timamy denies claim he's opposed to building of KDF base in Lamu

Lamu County Leaders from left, Julius Ndegwa (Lamu West MP ), Abu Chiaba (County Senator), Issa Timamy (County Governor) Shakila Abdalla (Women Representative) during a press conference in Nairobi on the AMU Power Project in the County. PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA

Governor Issa Timamy has accused local leaders of driving a wedge between him and the national government over the plan to establish a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) base.

Yesterday, Mr Timamy (pictured) denied that he refused to allocate land to build the base to fight Al Shabaab, but clarified that the national government, through the Cabinet Secretary for Defence Raychelle Omamo, had not responded to his letter requesting for details about the plan.

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