Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has strongly denied allegations that Kenya is engaging in business dealings with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as reported in some media outlets.

Mudavadi dismissed the claims as unfounded, specifically refuting reports that the government is facilitating the export of gold by the RSF to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“How can the government be involved in smuggling? If there was such a thing, wouldn't it appear in the records of our exports?” he posed.

“We are not in the business of smuggling arms, nor are we in the business of smuggling gold.”

Noting the allegations are not new, he cited and compared them with the Goldenberg saga in which Kenya was said to be involved in the export of gold, which he stated was also a fictitious claim.

He, however, confirmed knowledge about a recent incident in which a plane was allegedly shot down by the Sudan army at Nyala airport over suspicions of supplying weapons and military equipment to the RSF.

A Kenyan pilot is said to be among the casualties in the incident. He said investigations are ongoing.

Speaking during a TV interview, the PCS also denied earlier reports that Kenya is partial in the ongoing efforts to find peace in Sudan and that it is recognising the RSF as the legitimate government in Sudan.

He was responding to a question about a past meeting by RSF in Nairobi, something that has caused uproar from another warring faction in the country.

“We are very clear that the solution in Sudan is not going to be military. It has to be dialogue,” he stated.

“No exile government was formed in Kenya. RSF was having a peace conversation amongst themselves...the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan came and saw me and we went to State House and met the President,” he explained.

Mudavadi asserted that as Kenyans, they will not allow the formation of a government for another country. 

“Kenya is not involved in any negative way with Sudan, we don’t even have a common border.”

Kenya, he stated, will, however, help the Sudanese people build trust in a dialogue process.