Senior Counsel and former Justice Minister Martha Karua has decried being denied entry into the neighbouring Tanzania alongside other human rights defenders and lawyers, Lynn Ngugi and Gloria Kimani.
Taking to social media on Sunday morning, the vocal opposition member claimed that her passport had been taken and referred to a supervisor at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, and she had been held for over an hour.
The lawyer added she was unaware why she was receiving such treatment, despite being a prominent Kenyan who is a member of the East African Community (EAC). "I arrived at Dar es Salaam Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International airport at nine am, and immigration referred my passport to the supervisor, who has kept me waiting for an hour as she consulted her superiors.
I am concerned that as a citizen of Jumuiya, my access within the East African Community (EAC) country appears inexplicably restricted," she stated. "Apart from me, Gloria Kimani and Ngugi Lynn are also detained.
