Palaver - 15.04.11

Palaver

Dear Commissioner Hassan Omar, what kind of carpet welcome did you expect to be accorded your high-powered delegation of advocates, Muslim leaders, human rights crusaders at the Entebbe Airport? Granted, there is selective amnesia on the scales of justice, especially those involving words like ‘terrorism’ and "rendition of Kenyans" to foreign courts, did you seriously expect a warm reception in a country worried about an opposition leader’s call for Egypt-style uprisings? Were you surprised when passports of four of your 10-man delegation were detained? Says so much for that East African Something-or-other.