Kenya’s polls heat drives jitters up the Northern Corridor

Container terminal and city landscape in port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

Container terminal and city landscape in port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on February 21, 2018. PHOTO | FILE NMG

Top US spy agencies have expressed concerns over the political uncertainty around the August 9 General Election in Kenya, warning that any disruptions in East Africa’s largest economy will not be healthy for regional stability.

Kenya, which is a strategic ally of the US in the Horn of Africa, faces another test of stability in a hotly contested presidential election at a time it has emerged as a player in brokering peace in conflicts in Ethiopia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.