China hits out at the US over Kenya military base claim
Chinese People’s Liberation Army personnel at the opening of China’s new military base in Djibouti in August 2017. The base is a mere 16km from Camp Lemonnier, the only permanent US military base in Africa. PHOTO | AFP
China has dismissed the US’s claims that Beijing is seeking to establish a military base in Kenya as part of a strategy to extend its power to Africa.
The US Department of Defence, popular as the Pentagon, in its annual report to Congress on China’s military, had alleged that Beijing was eyeing military logistics bases in a dozen African countries, including Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania.
