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State sets aside Sh100 million to evacuate Kenyans from Lebanon

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi. [File, Standard]

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi told the Senate that the government has set aside Sh100 million to evacuate Kenyans stranded in Lebanon as the Israel-Hamas war escalates.

Mudavadi who appeared before the Senate plenary Wednesday to answer questions said there are 26,000 Kenyans in Lebanon and evacuating all of them was costly.

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