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Kenya plays safe in US-Iran row

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Cultural Counsellor Mahmoud Majlesain (left) and Dr Tohid Afzali, Head of the Political Department, during an interview at the embassy in Kenya's capital Nairobi on January 8, 2020. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Aggrey Mutambo

Nation Media Group

Kenya is staying out of the US-Iranian tiff in what senior officials see as a way of keeping trouble at bay.

Tension between the US and Iran escalated on Tuesday night after Tehran fired rockets on US military bases in Iraq.

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