Kenya identifies truck drivers captured in Iraq

Kenya’s Foreign Ministry today identified two truck drivers captured by Saddam Hussein’s forces while driving humanitarian aid into Iraq.

Kenya’s Foreign Ministry today identified two truck drivers captured by Saddam Hussein’s forces while driving humanitarian aid into Iraq.

David Mukuria and Jacob Kamau Maina were working for a Saudi-owned, Kuwait-based company contracted by the British government when they were captured, a ministry official said.

He said Kenya’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Mahat, was working with the International Committee of the Red Cross to tell the Iraqi authorities the men are humanitarian workers and should be freed.

The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera broadcast pictures of the pair on Wednesday and said they were being held by Iraqi forces.

Kenya’s official position on the war is that it only supports armed action in Iraq if it is backed by a UN resolution.

Kenya believes the war could have been avoided through dialogue.

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