President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) is on a visit to France
PARIS, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said that he would not approve US drone strikes on Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants on Kenyan soil.
The president, who is on a state visit to France, told France 24 that he had not yet received such a request.
The New York Times had last month quoted unnamed US government sources as saying that the US military was seeking approval to carry out drone strikes against al-Shabaab targets in eastern Kenya.
The report came days before a military court in Somalia sentenced a militant to life in prison for his role in a deadly attack on a US base in Kenya.
It was the first attack by al-Shabaab militants on US forces in Kenya.
Kenya has troops in the 20,000-strong Africa Union force battling the militants in Somalia.
The US often carries out air strikes in Somalia to target al-Shabaab militants. — NNN-AGENCIES
