By GEORGE KEGOROMore by this AuthorSlightly over a year ago, there was little hope for four Kenyans sentenced to life imprisonment for “financial crimes” in South Sudan. These deaths sit alongside the thousands more of innocent South Sudanese whose country has been torn apart by their leaders’ violent struggle. A rational Kenyan Government should not need prompting to step up its conflict resolution efforts in South Sudan. Recent news from banks such as KCB, which reported a staggering Sh6.1 billion in foreign exchange losses from their South Sudan operations suggest the figures may well be gross underestimates. Kenyan banks’ operations in South Sudan are exposed to the possibility of being cut off from the international financial system for dealing with people sanctioned for human rights abuses.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2017 17:01 UTC