This archive report was first published on 17 October 2019.
On October 17, 2019, Senator Isaac Mwaura took to his Facebook account to announce that he had delivered a formal complaint against the US Secret Service to the US Ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter.
According to Mwaura, he had been mistreated by the officers in three separate incidents during an event held in New York, which was organized by the Kenyan Permanent Mission. The senator was part of the Kenyan delegation to the UN General Assembly, 74th session, as well as the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Delivering a formal protest letter concerning his profiling by the US Secret Service at the UN General Assembly, to the US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter at his residence yesterday. This is a follow up to a meeting with US congressmen and women on the same,” says a section of Mwaura’s post.
The senator went on to urge his followers to boldly unite and fight discrimination irrespective of the person who commits it or their origin.
“We must create awareness by standing up to discrimination, no matter who commits this and from which country. We must stand in solidarity to resolve what divides us, for discrimination against anyone is discrimination to each and every one of us. We are one humanity masked by appearances and presentations. When we learn to work together, we can achieve a lot,” he said.
