Kenyan President William Ruto spoke of the DRC’s recall of its ambassador on Sunday evening. He was responding to a question during a television interview with several Kenyan media outlets.
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Following the announcement by Corneille Nangaa, the former president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni), of the creation of the Congo River Alliance, an anti-Tshisekedi politico-military group of which several armed groups such as the M23the tension rises between the Kenya and the DRC.
“ The DRC wanted to know if we could arrest these people. I told them: Kenya is a democracy, we cannot arrest every person who makes a statement “, President Ruto explained in an interview on Sunday evening. And to add “ Those we arrest are the criminals. If someone commits criminal acts, then we will do everything we can to deal with them. But making statements is part of democracy. How many people are making statements against me in Kenya? There are some every day! “.
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Regarding the recall of its ambassador by the DRC, “ it’s their right », Estimated the Kenyan head of state. “ But I can’t arrest a person just because they made a statement. It’s undemocratic “, he added.
On Sunday, the Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs also reacted in a press release. The text underlines that Kenya dissociates itself “ of any activity likely to deteriorate peace in the DRC » and announces the opening of an investigation into the organizers and content of the press conference.