US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, has accused the Kenyan government of enabling genocide in increasing fallout over Nairobi's decision to grant the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) access to create a parallel government from Kenya.
RSF is a paramilitary group that is fighting Sudan's national army in a devastating civil war for control of the oil-rich nation.
In a statement on X, Senator Risch accused President William Ruto's government of legitimizing the outfit. "Last year, I led efforts in Congress to recognize RSF-led atrocities in Sudan, which have contributed to over 150k deaths, as genocide.
In January, it became US policy," he said. He added, "Now, Kenya, a US ally, is helping the RSF legitimize their genocidal rule in Sudan under the guise of peacemaking-this is an unthinkable attempt to obscure the truth and will not end the massacre." President William Ruto (right) when he held talks with the leader of Rapid Support Forces Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at State House, Nairobi on January 3, 2023.
