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Members of Somali community led by their secretary general Mr Idle Hassan on 18th January2024 protest delayed commencement of security operation'Maliza Uhalifu' [File, Standard]
One of the more insidious sub-plots of the current moment is a creeping anti-Somali sentiment targeted at ethnic Somalis in prominent public offices.
Let us be blunt: this is a misguided whisper campaign that will lead to nowhere. Ethnic Somalis are as Kenyan as any other citizen of Jamhuri. Period.
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