April 08, 2014
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) voiced
concern on Monday (April 7th) over Kenya's arrest of nearly 4,000
people, mainly Somalis, in a large-scale security operation in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighbourhood.
The UNHCR acknowledged Kenya's need to ensure its security, but called on law enforcement agencies to "uphold the rights of all those arrested and to treat them in a humane and non-discriminatory manner".
Kenya's Secretary of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government Joseph ole Lenku said that security personnel were reviewing the detained persons' documents to determine who would be permitted to stay in Kenya, Kenya's Capital FM reported.
"So far we have netted close to 4,000 people and of course some have been released and others have been charged in court," he said.
"As much as Eastleigh looks stepped up, it is because of the sophistication of crime around there," he said. "Right now we are concentrating in Nairobi and Mombasa but we are moving across the country for the mop up."
Detained persons are currently being held at the Kasarani Stadium and in prisons in Nairobi.
Lenku dismissed reports that conditions were substandard, adding that the Kenyan government had adequate space to house the suspects and "contracted service providers to provide water and food".
"Eastleigh has operated as if it isn't part of Kenya and it is time [government] restores sanity," he said via Twitter.
The UNHCR acknowledged Kenya's need to ensure its security, but called on law enforcement agencies to "uphold the rights of all those arrested and to treat them in a humane and non-discriminatory manner".
Kenya's Secretary of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government Joseph ole Lenku said that security personnel were reviewing the detained persons' documents to determine who would be permitted to stay in Kenya, Kenya's Capital FM reported.
"So far we have netted close to 4,000 people and of course some have been released and others have been charged in court," he said.
"As much as Eastleigh looks stepped up, it is because of the sophistication of crime around there," he said. "Right now we are concentrating in Nairobi and Mombasa but we are moving across the country for the mop up."
Detained persons are currently being held at the Kasarani Stadium and in prisons in Nairobi.
Lenku dismissed reports that conditions were substandard, adding that the Kenyan government had adequate space to house the suspects and "contracted service providers to provide water and food".
"Eastleigh has operated as if it isn't part of Kenya and it is time [government] restores sanity," he said via Twitter.
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