MOMBASA, Kenya, (Xinhua) — Twenty-six suspected Ethiopian refugees were arrested in Kenya’s coastal town of Mariakani on last Thursday, police said.
The refugees, who had hidden in a container on a truck, were arrested by police in Mariakani after they were dropped by the driver, Kaloleni district police chief Betty Gachago confirmed Friday.
They are said to be aliens with Somali-Ethiopian origin and were to be taken to Mombasa for an unknown mission.
Gachago said the suspects, mostly male adults or youths, were dropped from the container after it became apparent to the driver that they would not succeed in passing Mariakani.
This was attributed to heavy police presence at the road blocks leading to Mombasa. Kenyan authorities recently launched a campaign against illegal aliens, trying to search members and sympathizers of Al-Shabaab, which was blamed for a series of grenade attacks in Kenya.
An witness said, those aliens, who could not speak Kiswahili or English, were found by local villagers. The villagers suspected them to be Al-Shabaab militants, and informed the authorities immediately.
Gachago also confirmed that the suspects were charged with entering the country illegally, and they all pleaded guilty.
9 thoughts on “Kenya police arrests 27 Ethiopians”
Why are Ethiopians leaving Ethiopia? it is it because the Arabs , Indians,… are creating jobs and helping them? Why do the TPLF cadres tells only Eritrean are fleeing Eritrea? What about the Ethiopians who are crossing across seas, deserts to flee away from their home land. Is this because of the double digit economic growth? or part of the 5 year plan?
Yeraswan eyarerebat yesew tamaslalech. The cadres tell us it is only Eritrean who are leaving. Apparently, both people are dying everywhere to flee from their homeland. The liberators turned the oppressor. Those who spent for 30 and 17 years to fight for freedom now turned against they told they went for. History, bloody history of Kisara.
I do not see Kenyan fleeing their country. I do not see Zambian, Tanzanian,… fleeing. It is only Ethiopian, Eritrea, Somalia. Are we better than Somalia? I do not think so. There is no hope in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It is sad so. When will these change? The government shipping babies, beautiful tiny girls as cash crop, and on top of that people marching on foot in exodus out of Ethiopia? What happened to the development and hope brought by Meles despot? Why are people leaving even after 20 years of corrupt double digit development? Anyways, something must be done and teach people to stay home and solve their problem by removing the tyrant. Fleeing can never be a solution. It is much more suffering.
Anonymous replies:
January 10th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Well my dear, wouldn’t you run if the regime took your freedom of speech, press, your right to organize, fired from your job and denied business permit, totally hopeless, fear of being locked up, fear for your life, hungry and totally despair…?
I heard, Kenya is one of the most corrupted countries in the world; Knowing Woyanes, who knows if they bribed the Kenyan police chief and the Foreign Affairs Officer of Kenya to harass and arrest Ethiopians?
This Kenay puppot gvt are garbage and the fire are under his foot.
የማንም መጫወቻ ሆን እኮ!
Gezaee: tell the weyanes that are working day and night to distroy each communities of the horn of Africa to obey the rules of law rather the rules of the aiga jungle. They are on the mission to create Aby Tigry at the expense of Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalians and that is why so much blood shed taken place all over the horn of Africa. But mind you! THERE WILL NEVER BE ABY TIGRY AT THE EXPENSE OF SO MANY INNOCENT BLOOD SHED! I’M AFRAID IF TIGRYANS DO NOT WAKE UP AND SMELL REALITY THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DREADFUL!!
Anonymous replies:
January 11th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Answer to goodu,FESAM, brainless, you think you intimidate the people of Tigray. Forget you, they hadn’t been Intimidated by Derge,Shabie’s and worthless people like you. They never took advantage of any body and will not for the future. But for the well been of their people, they just start to re shape the course of living condition of thi poor and galent people of Beautiful Tigray.
Gezaee H.,
Ethiopians are not out of their country in droves like you idiots are…
Aradaw replies:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:50 PM
Babu,
When it comes to fleeing your country one is one too many.
Bubu,
Denial, lie, corruption, nepotism, tribalism, ethnicism, racism or partialism, selling, … is TPLF’s policy. Bubu you must be one of those leeche who have stuck your proboscis on the skin of the Ethiopian people sucking them drying until they die. That is why you are jumping to insult people. I must tell you it is not actually Eritreans who are being kidnapped and thier kidney stolen in the desert of Sinai. You may tell me it is Eritrean. I must tell you it is both Eritrean and Ethiopian. Ethiopians claim they are Eritrean to get accepted as refugees. This is the story underneath. I know 100% Ethiopians claim they are Eritreans because they will not be accepted if they say thier are Ethiopians. They tell them Ethiopia is peaceful and go back home. So that you have to claim refugees under the name of Eritrea and being Issaayas known and dictator as Meles.
Bubu, you will ony understand when Ethiopians drag you like Gaddaffi’s body guards on the streets of addis ababa. You will never see or hear or understand the angry mob of Ethiopian hold by hand put petrol on you and burn you to ash. Then you will say God like Gadaffi. But it will be too late. We have asked Meles Zenawi for the past 20 years begging to work with citizen instead of excluding citizens and working with Arabs, Indians,… you or he will not listen.
Now what is left one: A mercyless mob across Ethiopia and catch Meles and his blind supportes and treat them like Gadafffi. You guys have left us now with no option but to do that. Ethiopians have cried, begged, … no ear. That is the only exit form Despotic Meles. You have humiliated the nation by selling its land, its peeople, and subjecting the nation to unforeseen humiliation and embarrassment by selling every piece of the nation’s asset.
One option left. Nation wide civil disobdience and say enough is enough. Throwing the history of parochial dissension and ethnic division into the dust bin of history. There is no any other option left for us. It is one and that to say enough and go away. Finish, we will see if Meles and Almouldi can control 91 million people. They have controlled for 20 yearss, now that is expring fast. Denial, wushet, oppression, suppression, foreign alliance, money, prostitution, … can only server for limited time. Even Mengistu with half million force has gone forever. Meles will take the same lot soon. Mark my words, it is coming. We are tired of humiliation and exclusion and hatred. We cannot allow to live hate world. Meles can live and he has lived in it for quite 20 years. It is expiring. Every Ethiopian is tired of hatred , division, and ethnic anarchy be it verbal or war by hardware. We are tired to live the world of Meles Zenawi. We had enough. you can deny but that will serve your for a limited time. It is getting over. Shame. you were asked t owork with citizen for 20 years. you never listen and you will never listen. The only solution is again and again, a very short coordinated national civil disobdience. I am tired of lies and denials.
Even the bandas who landlocked Ethiopia with Shabia call me I am shabia? There is a saying in Tigrignea: ” Zemenya Girnbits mai Keakeb.” During ubnormal times or seasons or years, rain rains upward from earh towards the sky. In Amharic, beasgerami gizie znab shikb yezenbal malet new. It is Meles calling other Ethiopians shabia? kkkk, I cannnot stop laughing about this disgraceful Tigreans who has made the Tigreans an object of Humiliation and derision. It is really disgraceful TPLF came from the womb of Tigreans in particular and Ethiopian in general. I cannot believe this blind TPLF banda called Bubu tell me I am shabia. Can you believe it the Meles banda group calling other Ethiopians shabia while they are self-sworn Shabia servants with payment.
Bubu, you are not actually shabia. You are slave of shabia.