EDITOR’S NOTE: How long Ethiopians will continue to suffer such wretchedness and dishonor, even at the hands of the people whom they helped to liberate from colonialists??
NAIROBI, KENYA — Eighty-nine Ethiopians charged with being in Kenya illegally on Thursday caused a stir when they started praying after pleading guilty to the charge.
Soon after pleading guilty, the foreigners bowed down and started saying prayers. They appeared before Kibera senior principal magistrate Grace Nzioka.
“That is enough respect, please stop praying now,” the magistrate told them.
Mrs Nzioka sent them back to the police after the prosecutor, chief inspector Francis Ndiema, told the court that he had no facts of the case.
“I have no facts of the case. I pray that the case be mentioned tomorrow to enable me to read the facts,” the prosecutor said.
The magistrate wondered how the police could take the accused before her without the facts.
“Do you want me to take the accused back to the police station? The accused are supposed to be told what offence they allegedly committed and how they entered into the country.
They should go back to the police station for the facts to be prepared and made available in court tomorrow (Friday),” said the magistrate.