Forty Somali legislators met in Mogadishu to prepare a motion to censure Kenya over alleged harassment of its citizens residing in Nairobi.
The MPs met yesterday to formulate the parliamentary grievance motion against the government of Kenya.
The signed document has been made public in the Somali capital by its promoters.
In the motion that has been passed to the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament, the legislators are demanding their government to seek apology from the government of Kenya in regard to the abuses against Somalis.
The MPs urged Parliament to press on the Somali government to cut its diplomatic and trade relations with Kenya.
Moreover, the MPs want international agencies to move their bases from Kenya to other countries in the region such as Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda.
The MPs also want to know why the Somali government has not reacted to the problems faced by Somalis in Kenya.
Different places
In
their preamble, the motion states that the Kenyan security service,
particularly in Nairobi, have committed abuses against Somalis residing
or staying in different places.
They noted that the ill-treated Somalis included Somali Kenyans, business people, legislators from Somalia and other government officials from Somalia such as ministers and high ranking officers.
They added that many of the mistreated persons were in Kenya for official meetings and seminars. “We resent that Kenyan officials, including ministers, made sardonic statements, giving Somali officials the option of either leaving the country or registering at the refugee camps.’’
