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Cablegate: Entry of Arms for Security Protecting U.S. Flag Vessels

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PP RUEHDU
DE RUEHNR #2387 3270723
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 230723Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1608
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUZEFAA/HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 0666
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM 6694
RUEHDJ/AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI 0237
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 9374
RUEHDU/AMCONSUL DURBAN 0212

UNCLAS NAIROBI 002387

ADDIS ABABA PASS USAU

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT KPIR ASEC MARR PARM PREL KE
SUBJECT: ENTRY OF ARMS FOR SECURITY PROTECTING U.S. FLAG VESSELS

REFS: A) STATE 116588 B) NAIROBI 1338

1. Ref A requests procedures to transport firearms, ammunition, and
related equipment into air and seaports in Kenya. As indicated in
Ref B, U.S. flag vessels wishing to do so should contract with a
freight forwarder which will navigate the Kenyan bureaucracy on
their behalf. U.S. flag ships should be aware that the amount of
paperwork required to transport security equipment is significant.
However, the transit of firearms and ammunition from Nairobi's
international airport to U.S. vessels in Mombasa can be accomplished
given sufficient advance notification and communication. In an
ongoing case, at the request of the U.S. shipping company and their
contracted freight forwarder, the Embassy is drafting a letter to
the Kenyan Commissioner of Police to introduce the U.S. shipping
company and request support for the transport of arms.

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2. Companies offering freight forwarding services include, but are
not limited to:

Global Freight Logistics Ltd
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
P.O. BOX 45787 - 00100 Nairobi
Tel: (+254 20) 827777, 822238/723/455/178
FAX: (+254 20) 827711, 822722
arbimussani@globalfreight.co.ke
info@globalfreight.co.ke

SDV Transami Kenya Ltd
Airport North Road, Embakasi
P.O. BOX 46586-00600
Tel: (+254 20) 642100
FAX: (+254 20) 823195
Sue.west@bollore.com

These companies are favorably known to the Embassy through existing
ICASS contracts.


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