Kenya: Ruto Blames Somalia Instability for Failed Border Reopening

Nairobi — President William Ruto has explained the failed reopening of the border with Somalia blaming renewed conflict and political instability in Somalia for disrupting the process.

Speaking during an interview with France 24 on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Ruto said Kenya had made significant progress toward reopening the frontier before clashes erupted between Somalia's Federal Government and regional state forces near the Kenyan border.

"We were moving very well until there was a huge disagreement between the government in Mogadishu and the states," Ruto said in the interview aired on Wednesday.