Uhuru to discuss AMISOM funding, Dadaab closure with UN chief

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The EU is undoubtedly sympathetic to his cause given it has itself fallen victim to terror attacks with Belgium having been hit less than three months ago; but they’re also likely to support a more equitable spread, internationally, of the financial cost of equipping and keeping troops in Somalia.

Ban will most likely be making a few demands of his own of President Kenyatta; chief among them a re-consideration of the plan to close the Dadaab camp due to the continued instability in Somalia where Al Shabaab claims it killed two Kenyan spies over the weekend in only its latest act of terror.

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Which, it could be argued, makes President Kenyatta’s point; that the UN needs to put its money where its mouth is and take on a greater role in restoring peace to Somalia.

So far President Kenyatta has stuck to his guns on the closure of Dadaab despite attempts by the UN Security Council and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to change his mind; he therefore goes into his meeting with Ban with a strong hand.

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OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.

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