How Sudan’s Uprising Has Affected Kenyan Businesses!

The removal of Sudan’s President Omar al -Bashir from power has thrown Kenyan businesses with interests in the eastern Africa nation into a limbo amid the shutdown of its borders and airspace.

National carrier Kenya Airways, which runs five weekly flights to the troubled country, was the first one to take a hit, prompting it to cancel two fights between Nairobi and Khartoum scheduled for last night.

FOr year KQ air flights have fuelled a thriving trade that has opened up Sudan for Kenya’s tea, coffee, spices and tobacco.

Kenya’s tea industry generally sees Sudan as a very important market. Kenya’s tea sector players are already restless, unsure of how long the Sudanese military will take to restore normalcy in the country’s economy