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https://socialistworker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/images1412/Image/2008/2083/kibaki_bush.jpg250217The US sees Kenya as a strategic ally in the "war on terror" particularly as it borders countries including Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. The government has allowed military bases for both the US and Britain, as well as anchorage in Mombasa for naval vessels.