US Report reveals how Kenya deported Nationals in order to Access Loans
US Report reveals how Kenya deported Nationals in order to Access Loans: According to the report, China is using African countries to achieve its aim for global supremacy.
US highlighted that the main aim is to implement The One-China policy. This is the principle held by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that states there is one sovereign state under the name of China.
The 2023 report to the US Congress, detailed how African countries, including Kenya, have fallen victim to China’s demands owing to the challenges of servicing the debt.
Some of the major demands issued to Kenya include the deportation of 45 Taiwan nationals to face charges in a telecom scam involving Chinese nationals.
The report read,” In one high-profile case, Kenya, one of the highest recipients of BRI investment in Africa, agreed to extradite to mainland China 45 Taiwan citizens implicated in a telecom equipment scam that targeted Chinese nationals, despite protests from Taiwan.”
The US revealed that after Kenya met the deportation demands, It received a Ksh768 billion loan from China to open a railway from the Mombasa port to Naivasha.
The report read,”Kenya continues to deepen its economic relations with China. The year following the deportations, Kenya opened a major railway from the port of Mombasa to the city of Naivasha, financed by a Ksh768 billion ($5 billion) loan from a Chinese bank, and as of 2022, China serves as Kenya’s largest external creditor, at 22 per cent of its external debt,”
“Amid Kenya’s deepening reliance on Chinese financing, in 2023 Kenya’s Cabinet endorsed a formal extradition treaty with China that appears to encompass Taiwan citizens, as well, if ratified by the National Assembly,”read part of the report.
Notably, US outlined that China has resisted any appeals from other international countries over funding to African Nations.
The report read,”After a decade of predatory lending through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), nearly 60 per cent of China’s loan holders were in financial distress in 2022, up from just 5 per cent in 2010. Beijing has resisted global appeals to address these debt challenges, instead seeking to leverage these troubles and international events to expand the use and reach of the Chinese currency.”
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