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Article: ECONOMY-KENYA: TERRORISM AND TOURISM: A FATAL MIXTURE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- June 11, 2003
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NAIROBI, Jun. 10 (IPS/GIN) -- When Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki
opened the new Cooperative Bank House in Nairobi on June 5, fears
of terrorism were ever-present.
The 26-storey building crumbled during the Aug. 7, 1998 bomb
attack at the adjacent American embassy that killed about 250
people. Close to 5,000 others sustained serious injuries.
Kibaki opened the complex at a time when Kenya's economy was
hard hit by fears of more terror attacks.
About a month ago, National Security minister, Chris Murungaru,
announced the presence of al-Qaeda operatives in Kenya, sending
panic through the business community.
Within ten days, Kenya lost one billion shillings ($14 ...
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