Starehe MP, Charles Kanyi, alias Jaguar, has been arrested outside the parliament buildings following his remarks on foreigners working in Kenya that were termed as xenophobic.
The youthful legislator had threatened to gather a team of youth and round up all the foreigners operating in the city, beat them up then escort them to the airport for deportation.
He was arrested for failure to present himself at the parliament police station earlier today.
His statement rocked the nation with the Tanzanian Parliament discussing the matter and ordering their President John Pombe Magufuli to issue a statement on the situation of their nationals operating businesses in Kenya.
Fellow Members of Parliament present during his arrest hurriedly jumped into their vehicles and followed the police car that Jaguar was bundled into.
Reports indicate that the Tanzanian State summoned the Kenyan High Commissioner to Dar es Salaam, Dan Kazungu on Wednesday morning, over remarks made by the Starehe MP.
On Tuesday, the Kenyan government distanced itself from Jaguar's sentiments through the Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau, who issued a statement stating that Kenya deeply regretted the careless and inciting language in public utterances made by the legislator.
"The Government of Kenya wishes to categorically distance itself from Hon. Charles Njagua’s reckless and unwelcoming statements," he clarified.
The words were spoken by the legislator on Monday morning following reports that some Chinese nationals, who were operating businesses without permits in Gikomba market had been deported.
"I am not referring to the 6 Chinese nationals deported earlier by the Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, but hundreds of foreigners who have come to do business in the country," retorted Jaguar.
He further gave the government an ultimatum to deal with the alleged influx of foreigners operating businesses illegally in the nation.
"I am giving the government 24 hours to deport them, if not, we will march into their business premises, we shall remove them, we shall beat them and take them to the airport. Matiang'i and the Department of Immigration's job will be to fly them back to their home countries," concluded the MP.
