Africa
Somali MPs prepare motion against Kenya
Posted Wednesday, February 3 2010 at 19:37
MOGADISHU, Wednesday
Forty Somali legislators met in Mogadishu to prepare a motion to censure Kenya over alleged harassment of its citizens residing in Nairobi.
The MPs met yesterday to formulate the parliamentary grievance motion against the government of Kenya.
The signed document has been made public in the Somali capital by its promoters.
In the motion that has been passed to the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament, the legislators are demanding their government to seek apology from the government of Kenya in regard to the abuses against Somalis.
The MPs urged Parliament to press on the Somali government to cut its diplomatic and trade relations with Kenya.
Moreover, the MPs want international agencies to move their bases from Kenya to other countries in the region such as Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda.
The MPs also want to know why the Somali government has not reacted to the problems faced by Somalis in Kenya.
Different places
In their preamble, the motion states that the Kenyan security service, particularly in Nairobi, have committed abuses against Somalis residing or staying in different places.
They noted that the ill-treated Somalis included Somali Kenyans, business people, legislators from Somalia and other government officials from Somalia such as ministers and high ranking officers.
They added that many of the mistreated persons were in Kenya for official meetings and seminars. “We resent that Kenyan officials, including ministers, made sardonic statements, giving Somali officials the option of either leaving the country or registering at the refugee camps.’’
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Submitted by petero65Posted February 04, 2010 02:36 PM
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Submitted by timoh2010
If these somalis are so enterprising as it is alleged,why not build a thriving somali economy b4 they bust the borders...these guys thrive on smuggling contraband and counterfeit stuff, and they have now taken to piracy..that's no the kind of enterprise we want to encourage in kenya.are there any governement statistics on how much revenue is collected from these thrifty somalis,i bet nada..for all i know if u dont pay taxes u av no business demanding our hospitality
Posted February 04, 2010 10:49 AM -
Submitted by sikujamu
What they need to do is sort themselves out and work at bringing peace in their country for their citizens who are being slaughtered like animals. They shd work on removing the log that's stuck in their own eyes b4 they try to remove a splinter from someone else's eyes. And I thought Kenyan MPs are the craziest.
Posted February 04, 2010 09:53 AM -
Submitted by ensoko
I didnt even know Somalia had mps.It so laughable ,seriously.They are complaining because they live in Nairobi and probably draw salaries for doing nothing.Illegal Somalis in Nairobi need to be deported.These guys have made the property market in Kenya unaffordable and i have no sympathy for them.Let them go back to their country and rebuild it instead of living in luxury in Nairobi.
Posted February 04, 2010 09:02 AM -
Submitted by Bisharcade
Dear Kenyans, I did not laugh with the demands of Somali Mps to ask an appology from Kenya for mistreating its nationals who were in Kenyan legally.There is a lot kenyan can go slow as much as it can flex its muscles.The problem is when Kenyan authorities can not differentiate the somali kenyans from somalians.NFD will soon be kenyans neighbouring state!!
Posted February 04, 2010 08:09 AM
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They have parliament eeh. ok and why ca't they discuss on how to deal Elsha.... what?. it is laughable