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Uhuru announces direct flights to Mogadishu

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalia counterpart President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo at State House Nairobi on March 24. PHOTO| SAMUEL MIRING’U

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced the resumption of direct flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu.
The flights are scheduled to start in two weeks time.

President Uhuru made the announcement on March 23 at State House in Nairobi, where he held bilateral talks with visiting Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.

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