Somalia dashes hopes for Kenya miraa farmers
Tuesday January 26 2021
By DAVID MUCHUI
Somalia’s finance minister has dashed hopes of restoring miraa (khat) trade between its traders and Kenyan farmers after recanting a statement he had made, saying it had been misunderstood.
On Monday, Dr Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, had declared that “nobody is barred from importing khat” from “any source and by any means” as long as they acquired government licences and followed proper procedures.
The remarks saw Kenyan miraa exporters and air cargo operators rush to get the requisite permits from the Federal Government of Somalia to gain access to its Sh16 million-a-day khat market.