Sifuna tells Ruto to retaliate against Tanzania “withdraw that fake apology”
Sifuna tells Ruto to retaliate against Tanzania "withdraw that fake apology"
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has called for the Kenyan government to retaliate against Tanzania following the alleged torture and violation of human rights against activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire.
Taking to social media, Sifuna demanded that the Kenyan government ban the leadership of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Tanzania’s ruling party, from visiting Kenya.
He added that President William Ruto’s administration ought to move the East Africa Law Society (EALS) annual conference from Zanzibar – an event that brings together over 800 lawyers from across East Africa to discuss business, create networks and get updated on the latest trends in the profession.
Sifuna pointed out that the next retaliatory step should be to withdraw from jointly hosting the Confederation of African Football alongside Tanzania and Uganda.
The East African nations are set to jointly host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2027, a monumental feat for the three countries.
According to the senator, the final nail in the coffin is President William Ruto retracting his apology and instead demanding that Tanzania issue one.
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During the National Prayer Breakfast celebrations held on May 28, 2025, President Ruto apologised to his neighbouring countries for any unresolved tiffs.
“Our neighbors from Tanzania, if we have wronged you in any way, forgive us. Our friends from Uganda, if there is anything that Kenyans have done that is not right, we want to apologize,” he noted.
Sifuna’s statement comes amid calls by human rights groups for Kenya and Uganda to hold their governments accountable over the incident.
“We think that a private member’s bill in the two countries will be sufficient to have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the two countries come and outline,” Houghton Irungu, Executive Director, Amnesty International, noted.
“We are not prejudicially arguing that they have done anything wrong, but they need to tell the national assemblies what they did to keep Boniface and Agather safe and secondly, what action they will take following the horrendous actions we heard yesterday.”
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