Kenyans have expressed mixed reactions following the detainment of Maina Kiai, a Kenya Human Rights Commission board member as he sought to travel out of the country.
Mr Kiai on Sunday morning faced a similar experience as that of IEBC commissioner Dr Roselyn Akombe as he was trying to leave the country through JKIA.
PHOTO:Mr Kiai at a past occasion
Mr Kiai is a renowned human rights activist and we have learned that while he tried to catch a flight at JKIA, he was detained and asked to produce clearance documents even though he is not a government official.
READ MORE
Irony of lowest inflation in 17 years but Kenyans barely making ends meet
NHIF to SHA: A year marked by reforms, strikes, and health sector controversies
Sudi doctorate: Questionable Christian university and controversial politicians
Concealed dangers in your fruit salad: How to enjoy them safely
Immigration officials have held that Mr Kiai needed to have clearance documents before he could be allowed to leave the country.
Officers who held Maina Kiai wanted his travel clearance. Funny state of affairs, is Maina a state official to get such? Police state.— Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) August 20, 2017
Mr Kiai is said to have been held for a while before he could leave the country for Prague, the capital of Czech Republic.
A number of Kenyans expressing disappointment on the arrests on social media say it was needless for the immigration officers to demand for travel clearance from Mr Kiai yet he is not a state officer.
Some have hilariously linked the delayed travel to a possibility that they could soon be required to have clearance for them to travel upcountry.
Mr Kiai was allowed to leave on the intervention of of Director of Immigration Services Maj-Gen Gordon Kihalangwa.
READ MORE:MAINA KIAI HELD AT JKIA
