This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
Former Attorney General Amos Wako has been at the center of a US travel ban, announced by the American Government in 2009 and recently resuscitated. Speaking from the Media Centre in Parliament, Wako expressed his indifference to the ban.
According to Wako, the ban has been in place since 2009 but has been revived by individuals with 'interests'. He stated that he has no desire to travel to the US, adding that since the ban was imposed, he has only traveled there as a representative of the UN legal commission in 2009.
Wako lashed out at US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo for including his family in the ban, stating that if he committed a crime, he should be punished alone. He emphasized that his family was not involved in any case during his tenure as Attorney General.
Wako revealed that the only allegation against him was the lack of prosecution of corruption cases, a matter he says he responded to. He challenged the American Government to prove their case but they were allegedly unable to do so in justification of the 2009 travel ban.
Wako demanded that Pompeo and his team make public any evidence they have against him, stating that ever since he retired from the Executive, he has not been linked to any corruption case.
