Message from the East African Civil Society Organisations Forum-(EACSOF)-Kenya Chapter
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Mr. Musalia Mudavadi,
Cabinet Secretary Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Republic of Kenya Dear Sir,
Re: Your condescending attitude towards Kenyans who do not share your outdated views on human rights Receive greetings from EACSOF-Kenya.
I have taken the liberty to write this open letter following your interview with the Citizen Television on Tuesday, 20th May, 2025. The interview addressed the matter of detention, torture, and deportation of Kenyans from the United Republic of Tanzania. The citizens of Kenya who were detained, tortured and subsequently deported had travelled to URT to witness the trial of Tundu Lissu, a Tanzanian politician being tried for the crime of Treason because of his political challenge to the administration of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. I write to you as a Kenyan citizen, first, as the Chairman of the East African Civil Society Organisations Forum-(EACSOF)- Kenya Chapter, second, and as the ViceChairman of the Diplomacy Scholars Association of Kenya (DIPSAK), third. You are quoted to have said the following during the subject interview: “I will not protest that (Suluhu’s remarks) because I think there is some truth. Let us face a few facts. The level of etiquette, insults, that we see in Kenya, even though we have the freedom of speech, is sometimes going overboard to some extent. She is saying people have sometimes gone to extremes in their utterances in Kenya, which is a fact.” “She (Suluhu) has said that she is unhappy, because they observe what we do here, but I will need a little time to get more evidence into the detail of the operation, to the point of saying whether we have...read more
