This archive report was first published on 4 October 2019.
October 4, 2019
Garissa Town MP Aden Duale is at the center of a citizenship controversy, with the government launching investigations into his alleged Somali citizenship.
According to sources, Duale has been receiving numerous calls to facilitate the approval of Mwende Mwinzi for appointment as the Ambassador to South Korea, but he has maintained his stand on the guidelines stipulated in the Constitution.
“Parliament shall not be arm twisted or blackmailed,” Duale wrote on his Twitter page.
He added, “Indeed the so-called public interest litigators should have looked for other “clever” ways of arm twisting Parliament. This one falls flat like a flat tyre”.
Duale has denied the allegations, stating, “It is a matter of public notoriety that I am a proud Kenyan citizen and I do not hold dual citizenship and I have never held citizenship of another country and will never do. Mimi ni Mkenya kwa damu na daima nitazidi kuwa Mkenya (I’m Kenyan in the blood and will always be Kenyan)”.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has launched investigations into claims that several public officers hold dual citizenship, thus contravening the Leadership and Integrity Act.
“Such blackmail is laughable, a total shame, fake and requires to be treated just as such – total fabrications, generous with falsehoods and economical with truths,” Duale said.
