Somali parliament speaker Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari had responded to the ongoing mass arrests of Somali people in Nairobi and the other main towns of the country by the Kenyan security authorities.
Prof Jawari talking to BBC in Italy said that, the parliament of Somalia wrote a paper to the Parliament of Kenya urging them to halt the harassment and abuses against Somali community in the county.
“Kenya has the right to fight insecurity within its borders but we are not happy the disrespectful way that Somali people in Kenya are treated” Said the speaker of the national assembly of Somalia.
Jawari thanked Kenyan members of parliament of Somali origin for the way they are fighting for Somali people in the country.
Kenyan security authorities early this month initiated swoop operations in the Somali-inhibited Eastlgih state where thousands of Somali ethnics of Somalia and Kenyan nationals were arrested.
Also 82 Somali ethnics arrested in the ongoing terror crack down in Eastleigh were deported from Nairobi back to Mogadishu while more refugees are expected to be deported in the coming days.
The Government of Kenyan confirmed to deport 412 more people to their designated refugee camps after they were screened to have left there. The refugees include 406 Somalis, two Ethiopians, one Congolese, two Ugandans and one Sudanese. Of the 225 to be deported 214 are Somalis, six Ethiopians, two Ugandans, and one from Cameroon, Tanzania and South Sudan.
Somali business community and leaders accused Kenyan government of targeting Somali people in the country and demanded quick suspension of these operation termed “Usalama Watch” meaning Peace Watch.
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