US issues warnings over China plan for military bases in Kenya

Chinese People’s Liberation Army personnel at the opening ceremony of China’s military base in Djibouti on August 1, 2017. AFP PHOTO

The US has raised the alarm over alleged plans by China to establish a military base in Kenya and extend its grip beyond economic and investment ties.

It claimed that the planned base in Kenya is part of China’s pursuit of a global military logistics network to counter the existing interests of superpower nations, including the US.