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Uhuru offered besieged Bashir Kenya's support, 2 months before ouster

President Uhuru Kenyatta with his ousted Sudan President Omar al-Bashir when he arrived at the Khartoum International Airport on an official visit in 2016. [PSCU]

Fallen Sudan strongman Omar Al-Bashir was welcome to Kenya even as other nations shunned him following his war crimes indictment.

Yesterday, celebrations rocked Khartoum and other major cities as Bashir was finally ousted with senior figures in his regime arrested by the military while all political prisoners were freed.

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