[2] Moses Wetangula, then Foreign Affairs minister completely expressed those views in the receiving ceremony of the North Korean ambassadorial credentials at State House.

[2] In the 1990s, North Korean citizens including diplomats were known to have been involved in the illegal smuggling of goods and counterfeit products in Kenya.

[4] The Kenyan, Daniel Sapit, was detained for several hours but was later allowed to leave North Korea after admitting to violating laws and paying a US$500 fine for being in the country without a visa.

According to the paper, the UN pressured the Kenyan government to reject North Korea's application to establish a resident mission in Nairobi.

[7] Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Karanja Kibicho commented and said that North Korea never made the request to establish a Nairobi mission.