George Wajackoyah detained at Airport in Tanzania
Wajackoyah accuses the Tanzanian government of detaining him at Airport as he attends the opposition leader's homecoming
Wajackoyah accuses the Tanzanian government of detaining him at Airport as he attends the opposition leader’s homecoming.
On the night of Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Roots Party of Kenya leader George Wajackoyah was detained at the Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania.
Wajackoyah was in Tanzania to attend the homecoming ceremony of Tanzanian opposition politician Godbless Lema who returned home from exile in Canada on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
However, Wajackoyah, the keynote speaker, accused the Tanzanian government of detaining him at the airport while speaking to thousands of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) supporters who had gathered in Arusha to welcome Lema.
“Tanzania became the first country in the world to impose a red alert on me. I don’t understand why that happened. When I arrived at the airport, I was asked to step aside by the airport security officers,” said Wajackoyah.
The former Kenyan presidential candidate, on August 9, 2022, General Election, said that he felt the atmosphere change after he was whisked away by the airport authorities.
“I was then told that something is wrong somewhere You are not allowed to come into Tanzania and there was a red alert on me. They told me that I look like a criminal,” explained Wajackoyah.
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He, however, said that he was later released ‘nicely’.
Wajackoyah represented Lema in seeking asylum in Canada
Lema said he “wept” upon seeing such a large crowd to greet him at the airport. “I have come back from a better place to fight for my country,” he said during the rally attended by Wajackoyah.
Lema’s return comes a month after another opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu arrived back in his homeland after spending most of the past five years in exile following an assassination attempt.
Their return follows the lifting of a ban on political assembly by President Samia Suluhu Hassan in an overture to the opposition.
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