Kenya's diplomatic spat with Sudan has escalated after Khartoum dismissed President William Ruto's claim that the country is still importing Kenyan tea despite an official trade ban.
The blatant denial now seems to put President Ruto on the spot, coming just days after he assured farmers that exports to Sudan were ongoing, a claim the Sudanese ruling junta now flatly rejects. "No Kenyan products, including Kenyan tea, have been imported into Sudan," Sudan's military government stated in response to Ruto's assertion that trade remained intact.
Speaking during a joint media interview on Monday evening ahead of his Mount Kenya tour, Ruto downplayed concerns over the ban, arguing that demand for Kenyan tea remained strong and that Sudan could not sustain itself without the product. "By the way, we are selling tea to Sudan, even after they said they are not buying our tea.
The market itself has forced them.
