“Though we blame brokers for rushing the cargo to the airport before we were consulted, our farmers and transporters suffered major losses,” Munjuri said.
The association’s coordinator Miriti Ngozi and organising secretary Dan Kiili questioned the essence of restoring diplomatic relations if the two countries are not allowing normal, legal trade to resume.
According to a Kenya Civil Aviation Authority report issued on May 11, all flights between Kenya and Somalia are suspended except Medevac flights and United Nations flights on a humanitarian mission.
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It is a situation that has put about five million people along the miraa value chain, including farmers, farmhands, harvesters, packers, transporters and traders on the receiving end.
Kebs develops fresh trade rules for miraa sector to boost market
Tuesday April 06 2021
By GITONGA MARETE
Summary
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) is developing a code of practice for the miraa sector, in what stakeholders say offers a ray of hope for the stimulant that is banned in some countries.
The standards, according to industry players, will go a long way in seeking markets for the crop.
The Kebs says the Kenya Code of Practice for the Miraa (Khat) Industry has been developed by the national workshop on miraa under the guidance of the Standards Projects Committee.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) is developing a code of practice for the miraa sector, in what stakeholders say offers a ray of hope for the stimulant that is banned in some countries.
Somalia Lifts Ban on Miraa From Kenya
Miraa traders at Kiengu miraa market in Igembe Central, Meru County on September 6, 2016.
Daily Nation
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.
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.
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