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- ↑ Ponnie, Shelia (10 February 2023). "South Sudan Accuses Kenya of Border Encroachment". VOA. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ↑ Leftie, Peter (22 July 2011). "Kenya poised to roll out ambitious Sh2 trillion transport corridor project". Daily Nation . Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Ninrew, Chany; Felix, Moyo Jacob (2023-04-01). "EES MPs accuse Kenya, Uganda of annexing South Sudan territories". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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