Kenya 'disassociates' with DR Congo rebels alliance

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi

Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

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Kenya's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Sunday it "strongly disassociates" with a Congolese opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels while in Nairobi, spurring diplomatic fury with Kinshasa.

Corneille Nangaa, ex-head of DR Congo's electoral commission, announced on Friday in a hotel in the Kenyan capital that he was creating a political-military alliance with M23 rebels and other armed groups.