Duale: EU destabilising us using civil society groups
What you need to know:
- Mr Duale said the West was using Non-Governmental Organisations and other groups to drive its agenda against Kenya.
- He added that there was nothing new since the court was affirming a 2013 resolution that stipulated that the amendment would not affect the Ruto and Sang cases.
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has criticised the European Union and its allies for “meddling in Kenya’s affairs” through the civil society.
During a funds drive in aid of Mombasa Muslim Integrated Secondary School on Saturday, Mr Duale said the West was using Non-Governmental Organisations and other groups to drive its agenda against Kenya.
Africa Centre for Open Governance Executive Director Gladwell Otieno, last week accused the government of pushing for the withdrawal of rule 68 in the crime against humanity charges facing Deputy President William Ruto and former radio journalist Joshua Sang at the International Criminal Court.
The rule allows the court to use recanted evidence.
The organisation also blamed the media for reporting that Kenya succeeded in pushing its agenda at the Assembly of State Parties when it said that the rule would not be used in the two cases.
“The case we had was if the recanted evidence can be used against an accused person. The Deputy President and Mr Sang are on their way to freedom,” Mr Duale said.
“Kenya can never be subject to European Union imperialism. Those countries must respect us as a sovereign state.”
Mr Duale, who is also the Member of Parliament for Garissa Township, said attempting to subjugate Kenya through civil society groups would fail.
He added that there was nothing new since the court was affirming a 2013 resolution that stipulated that the amendment would not affect the Ruto and Sang cases.
The National Assembly Majority Leader said the recent attacks in Paris, France, showed that terrorism was not peculiar to Africa.
He also told the gathering that Parliament would tomorrow receive names of cabinet and principal secretaries nominated by the President for vetting.
Earlier, Changamwe Constituency MP Omar Mwinyi criticised the Jubilee Government for negotiating with Mr Evanson Waitiki to give out his 930-acre farm for resettlement of about 10,000 squatters instead of addressing the ongoing ferry crisis.
Mr Duale said it was hypocritical for the MP to raise the matter in such a forum when “he has never done it at the Budget committee, in which he is a member”.
He asked the residents not to re-elect the Jubilee government in 2017 if it failed to deliver on its promises.
More than Sh10 million was raised.
