President Uhuru Kenyatta, as leader of the Jubilee party, has been accused of shaming the whole continent of Africa by deporting Opposition politician Miguna Miguna.
Speaking on Thursday, Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong described the circumstances that led to the arrest, detention and deportation of the self-proclaimed National Resistance Movement (NRM) general as a shame of great proportions.
"Deporting Miguna Miguna to Canada is a shame to African countries. How can you deport someone from his birth country to a country he just went to seek education in so as to come back and help us all?
"So even those doctors who went to study abroad and got dual citizenship, when they come back here and are caught in little mistakes, they will be deported back to those countries?" the Governor posed.
[caption caption="Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong "]
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The Governor, who spoke from Amagoro, Teso South constituency, stated that the Jubilee administration ought to have sought alternative avenues to resolve the conflict with the Opposition.
He further blamed the government for perpetrating and fueling conflict within the country through the recent acts of force.
"Kenyan citizens want peace. Let the government start working instead of engaging in such theatrics.
"Let them also conduct dialogue so that those who were not satisfied can present their pleas for a solution to be found," Governor Ojaamong stated.
In a letter, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i stated that the NRM general had been living and working in the country illegally since he had already renounced his Kenyan citizenship.
On his part, Miguna stated that he had never ceased to be a Kenyan citizen, nor had he ever contemplated it.
[caption caption="Nairobi lawyer Miguna Miguna"]
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