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Somalia Lifts Ban on Miraa From Kenya
Miraa traders at Kiengu miraa market in Igembe Central, Meru County on September 6, 2016.
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Somalia has on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, lifted the ban on the sale of miraa (khat) from Kenya amid the diplomatic tension between the two nations.
The horn of Africa nation s Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh stated that the trade will resume provided traders acquire import licenses.
The ban, which was announced in April 2020, resulted in a trade standoff between the two neighbouring countries, with Kenyan farmers decrying massive losses.
File image of Miraa truck drivers
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Traders from Kenya s Meru and Mbeere regions alleged that the embargo had occasioned the loss of Ksh5 billion daily.
Miraa farmers regain access to key Somalia market
Tuesday January 26 2021
Miraa (khat), a mild narcotic drug exported to Somalia, is sorted at Wilson Airport in Kenya s capital Nairobi. Somalia’s Federal Government has lifted the ban on the importation of miraa from Kenya. PHOTO | AFP
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF
Summary
Somalia had stopped the importation of khat when international flights were suspended last year due to fear of the spread of Covid-19.
But, when international air travels resumed, khat importation from Kenya was still restricted and khat from Ethiopia, a slightly different variety, was allowed in the country.
Somalia has officially lifted the ban on the importation of khat from Kenya giving miraa farmers access to its Sh16 million-a-day market.