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US links Kenyan ports to Chinese military base plan

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Navy ship at Lamu Port, October 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The United States (US) has repeated its controversial claim China is eyeing a military base in Kenya.

Washington now claims in a new report that Kenya's port facilities such as the Mombasa and Lamu ports not only offer China strategic commercial and trade advantages in the Indian Ocean sea transport corridor but also provide it with "dual-use" potential for military functions.

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