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Somalia threatens to sever ties with Kenya over election dispute

President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Farmaajo (PHOTO: File)

Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo wants to slap Kenya with more stringent diplomatic restrictions if Nairobi continues with what he terms political interference in the February elections.

A source close to President Farmaajo said at least 100,000 Kenyans working in various sectors of Somalia’s economy risk losing their jobs if Kenya is cited as an enemy.

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