By Alphonce Shiundu
Nairobi, Kenya: Majority Leader Aden Duale has accused Britain of harbouring “malice” against Kenya and called on the nation to withdraw travel advisories it has issued against Kenya.
Duale said Britain, which abstained from the vote at the United Nations Security Council, should withdraw all the advisories issued to British citizens against Kenya.
Addressing a news conference at Parliament Buildings, Duale, who was accompanied by Nominated MP Johnson Sakaja and Chairman of the House Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations Ndung’u Gethenji (Tetu) further accused Britain of “double-speak, hypocrisy, and dishonesty” for pushing to have President Uhuru Kenyatta tried.
“We read malice in the UK changing the agenda. These few days have made us think long and hard about our foreign policy,” said Sakaja. “The days of colonialism and patronising relations are long gone.”
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The Jubilee leaders said Kenya would not accept Britain’s proposal to have President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto tried via video link. Gethenji, who had filed a Motion calling for an emergency sitting of the House to show displeasure over what he said was Britain’s move to change the agenda of the Rome Statute State Parties meeting, pulled out at the last minute and said he was now informed that the African Union amendment had been reinstated.
Duale even proposed that the British should close down the training grounds used by their soldiers so that Kenyans could “cultivate crops and rear camels, goats and cattle” on the land.
Asked to comment on the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the matter of change of the agenda, Gethenji said he had the latest information.
“We did not send Britain to get us a video link. They never asked the President, the Deputy President, Parliament or even Africa, yet they went ahead and sought an amendment that affects us,” said Duale. “We don’t want a video link.”
Duale and Gethinji said they would attend the State Parties meeting in The Hague.
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