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Leaders call off protest on Somalia miraa ban
A miraa trader in Nairobi.
Photo credit: File | AFP
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- Scores of traders, farmers and elected leaders — who have been planning demonstrations to compel the government to resolve the trade deadlock — on Monday said they would meet again on Friday to chart the way forward.
Leaders from Meru’s miraa growing areas have resolved to give the national government more time to resolve a trade impasse with Somalia after it emerged that Kenya was closing in on a deal.
This comes as calls for mass demonstrations against the government grew louder after the suspension of miraa trade in Somalia went past six months Saturday.
