Kenyan Presidential candidate and lawyer was deported from Tanzania
In Kenya, a lawyer and presidential candidate Martha Karua said on Sunday that he was expelled from Tanzania, where he was due to participating in a major opposition figure testing a major opposition faced allegations.Karua, a former Minister of Justice who has been vocal about “Democratic Backsliding” in East Africa, said that his exile was an indication that Tanzanian officer Chadema would not suit the party leader Tindu Lisu. Karua went to Dar S Salaam to inspect Lisu’s trial, appearing in court on Monday on charges of treason which punishes a possible death.Lisu’s Chadema Party has been disqualified from the President and legislative elections to be held in October.Karua said that he and his group were barred from arriving at Dar S Salaam Airport and flying on the same day.The group was “detained without any crime” to “stand without any crime, only for solidarity and inspect Tundu Lisu’s test”, he said when returning to Nairobi Airport.
Case threat to lawsuit
Karua, a potential candidate for Kenya’s 2027 presidential election, described Lisu as the main challenge of Tanzania President Samiya Suluhu Hasan.He said that Hasan’s party was “eliminating the law to close the main contenders so that they could raise through the October elections”.Karua said that in his exile, Tanzania’s ruling party was “firm to violate the law and was not keen on a fair test according to Tundu Lisu”.Lisu’s party was disqualified from elections after refusing to sign the Election Code of Conduct. It had demanded electoral reforms, accusing the repressive strategy of previous rulers.Karua’s People’s Liberation Party condemned her treatment.The party said in a statement on X, “This derogatory act is not only a contradiction for their personal dignity and fundamental freedom, but also a clear violation of the principles of the East African community (EAC), of which both Kenya and Tanzania are members.”
East Africa ‘disrepe
Karua told AFP in an interview this month that Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were watching “total erosion of democratic principles”.“All these countries have now become dangerous, not only for others but for my own citizens. I connect it to the upcoming elections,” she said.“This is a pattern,” he argued. “They are nuts to the opposition before the elections.”Karua launched the People’s Liberation Party in February as it prepares a run for the presidency in 2027.She faces competition from an array of opposition leaders, hoping to take all President William Ruto, whose popularity was lower than a large -scale protests on tax growth and corruption last year. In the 2022 election, Karua Rala was the running companion of Odinga, who lost to Ruto. Kenya is in the “total chaos”, she told AFP. “It is as if our constitution has been suspended. We have kidnapped, arbitrary arrests … extraordinary murders … and police and officials fail to take responsibility,” he said.
Fatal opposition
Rights groups say that at least 60 canys were killed during the protests in June and July, and dozens of dozens of people abducted by security forces have still been missing.Kenya’s police refused to participate, and Ruto told reporters last week that the government returned with their families after anti -protests.Karua Uganda’s opposition leader is representing Kisa Basic, who was abducted in Kenya last year and took back his country for a test. He is also facing allegations of treason. Uganda elects in January.Last week, Uganda’s army chief General Muhuji Kanerugaba, son of long -lasting President Yovery Museweni and successor threatened voters who did not return their party.People “who do not support Mzee with full honesty, be very careful!” Kainerugaba wrote on X, using an honor for his father.“We will deport all traitors in public views!”.
