US Alleges Plan by China to Set up Military Base in Kenya
The US Department of Defense claims that China is planning to set up a military base in Kenya.
The department in a report dated September 1st says the Chinese government is eyeing military logistics bases in several African and Asian countries in a move aimed at strengthening its military muscles.
Details of the alleged plans are contained in a Pentagon annual “China Military Power” report to Congress.
The countries where China is targeting to set up the People's Liberation Army (PLA) military logistics facilities include Kenya, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Seychelles, Tanzania, Angola, and Tajikistan, according to the report.
The Pentagon believes China and Kenya are already in talks regarding the setting up of the base but Kenya is yet to comment on the matter.
"The PRC has probably already made overtures to Namibia, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. Known focus areas of PLA planning are along the SLOCs (Sea Lines of communication) from China to the Strait of Hormuz, Africa, and the Pacific Islands," The Pentagon reports states.
The report indicates that China’s plan is to use its new military power to achieve its foreign-policy objectives and assert itself globally.
The US in the recent past warned Kenya and other African nations against borrowing heavily from China to fund mega infrastructural projects, saying this could be a “trap” if they default in the loan payment.
Washington-based Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS) last year noted that China may leverage this to gain political influence and military reach.
ACSS claimed that “China’s $900 billion One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative, which now helps finance 1,700 infrastructure projects in over 60 countries, is first and foremost a Chinese geopolitical project designed to advance China’s grand strategy.”
But the Kenyan government dismissed the warning, insisting that the Chinese-funded infrastructural development would bolster the country’s economy and service the debt as agreed.
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Borrowing money for capital…
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Borrowing money for capital projects is not a trap. You must borrow to grow as a country. American government itself survives on borrowed funds. With China, we have seen economic growth.
SGR is a military…
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In reply to Borrowing money for capital… by paddy mwembu (not verified)
SGR is a military installation. There is no diesel train that costs $3.6 Billion.
The Chinese should have just leased land in laikipia or Coast like the British government.
Borrowing is your idea! It…
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In reply to Borrowing money for capital… by paddy mwembu (not verified)
Borrowing is your idea! It in d very costly to borrow - everything comes with strings attached!! Hopefully China does not have a secret plan for Kenya!
I've said this before and I…
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I've said this before and I'll say it again....
America has military bases in 176 countries...give or take.
How do those military bases help the locals grow as men and women??!!
How do those military bases provide for those needy children??!!!
China's one Belt, one Road initiative has actually advanced lives...
Though a debt trap somewhat, people's lives have improved tremendously due in part to the Initiative.
American Military bases does nothing to advance or improve people's lives.
China came up with a genius idea and of course we all know that will never seat well with the White man.
BBI is a pledge of…
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In reply to I've said this before and I… by 10x (not verified)
BBI is a pledge of allegiance to protect British and American interests in Kenya.
Jomo Kenyatta pledge to protect “white settlers”.
BBI is exactly the same thing.
China is copying the U.K. and US. So, I don’t understand what their issue is with their best student.
Kenyans and the black nation…
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Kenyans and the black nation need not worry about colonizers and what they intend to set up. The old world of uncessary wars is soon coming to an end. Those with the gift of the "Sword", their time is already accomplished.
The world is not coming back to what it was before Covid-19. We are all waiting and moving towards the new world.
The pride of the world will no longer be about who and how many we have killed or what we have stolen. Every man is about to eat the fruits of his labor!!!
It's time for Revelation and Restoration!!
We know. The first deposit…
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We know. The first deposit was called the SGR. $3.6 Billion.
BBI is a pledge of allegiance to protect US, UK and EU interests using thieves , child molesters, rapists , serial killers and Lucifer. Nothing to do with Kenyans.
We don’t protect our interests with thieves, killers , child molesters , rapists and Lucifer.
We better than that.
We want secession.
Hehehe kweli states r so…
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Hehehe kweli states r so scared of the next supapawas chinese which it’s a matter of when they will take over this world just like the way states have bin.Is the USA shut all the 176 bases they have first then wasomee China.Let Chinese build a base in northeastern huko marsabit/turkana/ karibu na Somalia borders.
You take money from the MOB,…
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You take money from the MOB, they own your ass and includes your so called country.
its better to have eggs in…
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its better to have eggs in many baskets incase one falls or cobra invades
The chinese are already…
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The chinese are already riding the kenyans on their backs and they do not have a military base. Imagine what will happen when they have a base. remember when the white man used to whip grown kenyan men in public it is about to happen only this time it will be chinese women whipping kenyan men.
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