Godbless Lema: I won't return to persecution paradise

Godbless Lema: I won't return to persecution paradise

OKW BOBAN SUNZU said:
Zamani sana tulikuwa tunasikia hizi simulizi kutokea Rwanda na Burundi sijui Banyamulenge..sikuwahi kufikiria kama tutaziishi. hatimaye
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Wangeshinda ubunge usingekuja na huu utopolo. Serikali ina shida gani nao? Hizi njama za Wana saccos kujiuza wale bure huko UNHCR.
 
Safi saanaa GODBLESS
Salary Slip said:
Hii ni habari kwa mujibu wa gazeti moja la nchini Kenya ambalo limefanya mahojiano na Lema akiwa nchini humo kutafuta hifadhi ya kisiasa.

Habari kamaili hii.

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Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema at Kajiado Police Station on November 9, 2020. He has vowed not to return to his country saying it is a "persecution paradise" for opposition leaders.

Fleeing former MP for Tanzania’s Arusha Urban Constituency Godbless Lema says he does not want to go back to his motherland, terming the country a "persecution paradise".

The MP spent Sunday night at Kajiado Police Station in Kajiado County after he was intercepted by Kenyan authorities in Ilbisil along Namanga road in the afternoon.

The former MP had managed to sneak his wife Neema, two sons (Allbless and Terrence) and daughter Brilliance through the porous Namanga entry point.

Mr Lema had left his home incognito in a taxi and alighted at the Namanga border.

Speaking to the Nation from his confinement in a small room away from the common cell at the Kajiado Police Station, the politician said he came to Kenya to seek political asylum.

Dressed in a pink coat, white shirt, dark trousers, pink hat and a black pair of shoes, Mr Lema looked forlorn and in deep thought. His teary eyes told of a person who was fighting invisible enemies.
He was not handcuffed.

Life in danger​

Sitting restlessly on a wooden chair, he said his life is in danger back home in Tanzania.

The opposition politician said he had already reached out to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking asylum.
"I was being trailed by unmarked cars back in Arusha. I and family also received a death threat. I decided not to ignore and left with my family. Tanzania remains a persecution ground for opposition leaders," said Mr Lema.

He insisted he is not a criminal running away from justice but a leader staring at a possible assassination due to his political stance.
His lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, said deporting the former MP back to Tanzania would amount to violation of human rights.

The lawyer, who had kept Mr Lema company the whole night, said security agencies were trailing the politician with the help of their Kenyan counterparts seeking to deport him back to Tanzania.

"We are aware that some powerful individuals in Tanzania are pushing for the deportation of my client. I have already handed over his family to UNHCR. Deporting a leader seeking political asylum is a violation of human rights," said Mr Wanjackoya.

Not recorded statement​

He said his client had not recorded a police statement at Kajiado Police Station and insisted that he should be handed over to UNHCR.
"Kenya authorities must not return my client to Tanzania where opposition MPs are being persecuted. A person fleeing from persecution, according to Article 2 of the UNHCR Statute of 1951, does not need to present documents to any authority," he added.

However, reliable sources within police circles indicated that plans are under way to send the former MP back to Tanzania.
Senior police officers in Kajiado remained tight-lipped on the matter, avoiding all contacts with journalists.

On Sunday, however, Kajiado Central Sub-county police boss Daudi Olonyokwe said they were looking into the matter.

Mr Lema's woes come amid a crackdown on Tanzanian’s opposition, barely a week after President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in for a second five-year term after he won elections whose results were rejected by the opposition.
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The Humble Dreamer said:
Usinifungulie mlango wa ban kwasababu neno 'ke' umeliona kwenye jibu nililokupa
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Sijui ulimaanisha nini. Mimi ni ke..au sijui ulimaanisha Kenya? Utajua wewe.
Na wewe muoga kama Lema [emoji3][emoji3] unaogopa ban..poromosha tu matusi utoe nyongo uliyonayo isije kukukaba bure ukiwa usingizini, fuata moyo wako.
 
Salary Slip said:
Hii ni habari kwa mujibu wa gazeti moja la nchini Kenya ambalo limefanya mahojiano na Lema akiwa nchini humo kutafuta hifadhi ya kisiasa.

Habari kamaili hii.

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Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema at Kajiado Police Station on November 9, 2020. He has vowed not to return to his country saying it is a "persecution paradise" for opposition leaders.

Fleeing former MP for Tanzania’s Arusha Urban Constituency Godbless Lema says he does not want to go back to his motherland, terming the country a "persecution paradise".

The MP spent Sunday night at Kajiado Police Station in Kajiado County after he was intercepted by Kenyan authorities in Ilbisil along Namanga road in the afternoon.

The former MP had managed to sneak his wife Neema, two sons (Allbless and Terrence) and daughter Brilliance through the porous Namanga entry point.

Mr Lema had left his home incognito in a taxi and alighted at the Namanga border.

Speaking to the Nation from his confinement in a small room away from the common cell at the Kajiado Police Station, the politician said he came to Kenya to seek political asylum.

Dressed in a pink coat, white shirt, dark trousers, pink hat and a black pair of shoes, Mr Lema looked forlorn and in deep thought. His teary eyes told of a person who was fighting invisible enemies.
He was not handcuffed.

Life in danger​

Sitting restlessly on a wooden chair, he said his life is in danger back home in Tanzania.

The opposition politician said he had already reached out to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking asylum.
"I was being trailed by unmarked cars back in Arusha. I and family also received a death threat. I decided not to ignore and left with my family. Tanzania remains a persecution ground for opposition leaders," said Mr Lema.

He insisted he is not a criminal running away from justice but a leader staring at a possible assassination due to his political stance.
His lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, said deporting the former MP back to Tanzania would amount to violation of human rights.

The lawyer, who had kept Mr Lema company the whole night, said security agencies were trailing the politician with the help of their Kenyan counterparts seeking to deport him back to Tanzania.

"We are aware that some powerful individuals in Tanzania are pushing for the deportation of my client. I have already handed over his family to UNHCR. Deporting a leader seeking political asylum is a violation of human rights," said Mr Wanjackoya.

Not recorded statement​

He said his client had not recorded a police statement at Kajiado Police Station and insisted that he should be handed over to UNHCR.
"Kenya authorities must not return my client to Tanzania where opposition MPs are being persecuted. A person fleeing from persecution, according to Article 2 of the UNHCR Statute of 1951, does not need to present documents to any authority," he added.

However, reliable sources within police circles indicated that plans are under way to send the former MP back to Tanzania.
Senior police officers in Kajiado remained tight-lipped on the matter, avoiding all contacts with journalists.

On Sunday, however, Kajiado Central Sub-county police boss Daudi Olonyokwe said they were looking into the matter.

Mr Lema's woes come amid a crackdown on Tanzanian’s opposition, barely a week after President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in for a second five-year term after he won elections whose results were rejected by the opposition.
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Ni wazi wakina Lema hamzitumii elimu zenu vizuri.
 
Daah! Aisee kama isingekuwepo jamii forum haya mambo nisinge yajua....maana vyombo vya habari vyote vinaogopa.Inasikitisha na inauma sana.
 
Areus said:
Lema aache cheap politics,arudi nyumbani kumenoga. Kushindwa uchaguzi Sio kushindwa maisha. After all umri wake unaruhusu kurusha karata tena na tena na tena kwenye siasa. Arudi haki aitafute akiwa nyumbani
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Haki mbele ya kifo?
 
Areus said:
Lema aache cheap politics,arudi nyumbani kumenoga. Kushindwa uchaguzi Sio kushindwa maisha. After all umri wake unaruhusu kurusha karata tena na tena na tena kwenye siasa. Arudi haki aitafute akiwa nyumbani
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every human has its own decision lets respects it
 
Nasikitika sana kuona Tanzania tumeshaanza kuzalisha wakimbizi wa kisiasa kama Rwanda miaka mitano iliyopita tulikua tuna siasa hizihizi za chadema na ccm lakini hakukua na mambo yakupigana risasi wala kutekana...Je wananchi wako wakiwa wanakimbia nchipamoja na watoto wao na wewe ndio rais wa nchi hiyo unajiskiaje?
Mimi kwa upande wangu naona tunarudi nyuma kama nchi na hatuwi sifa njema kwenye mataifa mengine.
 
Salary Slip said:
Hii ni habari kwa mujibu wa gazeti moja la nchini Kenya ambalo limefanya mahojiano na Lema akiwa nchini humo kutafuta hifadhi ya kisiasa.

Habari kamaili hii.

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Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema at Kajiado Police Station on November 9, 2020. He has vowed not to return to his country saying it is a "persecution paradise" for opposition leaders.

Fleeing former MP for Tanzania’s Arusha Urban Constituency Godbless Lema says he does not want to go back to his motherland, terming the country a "persecution paradise".

The MP spent Sunday night at Kajiado Police Station in Kajiado County after he was intercepted by Kenyan authorities in Ilbisil along Namanga road in the afternoon.

The former MP had managed to sneak his wife Neema, two sons (Allbless and Terrence) and daughter Brilliance through the porous Namanga entry point.

Mr Lema had left his home incognito in a taxi and alighted at the Namanga border.

Speaking to the Nation from his confinement in a small room away from the common cell at the Kajiado Police Station, the politician said he came to Kenya to seek political asylum.

Dressed in a pink coat, white shirt, dark trousers, pink hat and a black pair of shoes, Mr Lema looked forlorn and in deep thought. His teary eyes told of a person who was fighting invisible enemies.
He was not handcuffed.

Life in danger​

Sitting restlessly on a wooden chair, he said his life is in danger back home in Tanzania.

The opposition politician said he had already reached out to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking asylum.
"I was being trailed by unmarked cars back in Arusha. I and family also received a death threat. I decided not to ignore and left with my family. Tanzania remains a persecution ground for opposition leaders," said Mr Lema.

He insisted he is not a criminal running away from justice but a leader staring at a possible assassination due to his political stance.
His lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, said deporting the former MP back to Tanzania would amount to violation of human rights.

The lawyer, who had kept Mr Lema company the whole night, said security agencies were trailing the politician with the help of their Kenyan counterparts seeking to deport him back to Tanzania.

"We are aware that some powerful individuals in Tanzania are pushing for the deportation of my client. I have already handed over his family to UNHCR. Deporting a leader seeking political asylum is a violation of human rights," said Mr Wanjackoya.

Not recorded statement​

He said his client had not recorded a police statement at Kajiado Police Station and insisted that he should be handed over to UNHCR.
"Kenya authorities must not return my client to Tanzania where opposition MPs are being persecuted. A person fleeing from persecution, according to Article 2 of the UNHCR Statute of 1951, does not need to present documents to any authority," he added.

However, reliable sources within police circles indicated that plans are under way to send the former MP back to Tanzania.
Senior police officers in Kajiado remained tight-lipped on the matter, avoiding all contacts with journalists.

On Sunday, however, Kajiado Central Sub-county police boss Daudi Olonyokwe said they were looking into the matter.

Mr Lema's woes come amid a crackdown on Tanzanian’s opposition, barely a week after President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in for a second five-year term after he won elections whose results were rejected by the opposition.

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Leo mazeti ya Kenya ndio imekuwa lulu?
Huyo Lema akubali kapogwa sana Arusha ndio maana kataguta kiki ya kuondokea
 
Salary Slip said:
Hii ni habari kwa mujibu wa gazeti moja la nchini Kenya ambalo limefanya mahojiano na Lema akiwa nchini humo kutafuta hifadhi ya kisiasa.

Habari kamaili hii.

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Former Tanzanian MP Godbless Lema at Kajiado Police Station on November 9, 2020. He has vowed not to return to his country saying it is a "persecution paradise" for opposition leaders.

Fleeing former MP for Tanzania’s Arusha Urban Constituency Godbless Lema says he does not want to go back to his motherland, terming the country a "persecution paradise".

The MP spent Sunday night at Kajiado Police Station in Kajiado County after he was intercepted by Kenyan authorities in Ilbisil along Namanga road in the afternoon.

The former MP had managed to sneak his wife Neema, two sons (Allbless and Terrence) and daughter Brilliance through the porous Namanga entry point.

Mr Lema had left his home incognito in a taxi and alighted at the Namanga border.

Speaking to the Nation from his confinement in a small room away from the common cell at the Kajiado Police Station, the politician said he came to Kenya to seek political asylum.

Dressed in a pink coat, white shirt, dark trousers, pink hat and a black pair of shoes, Mr Lema looked forlorn and in deep thought. His teary eyes told of a person who was fighting invisible enemies.
He was not handcuffed.

Life in danger​

Sitting restlessly on a wooden chair, he said his life is in danger back home in Tanzania.

The opposition politician said he had already reached out to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking asylum.
"I was being trailed by unmarked cars back in Arusha. I and family also received a death threat. I decided not to ignore and left with my family. Tanzania remains a persecution ground for opposition leaders," said Mr Lema.

He insisted he is not a criminal running away from justice but a leader staring at a possible assassination due to his political stance.
His lawyer, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, said deporting the former MP back to Tanzania would amount to violation of human rights.

The lawyer, who had kept Mr Lema company the whole night, said security agencies were trailing the politician with the help of their Kenyan counterparts seeking to deport him back to Tanzania.

"We are aware that some powerful individuals in Tanzania are pushing for the deportation of my client. I have already handed over his family to UNHCR. Deporting a leader seeking political asylum is a violation of human rights," said Mr Wanjackoya.

Not recorded statement​

He said his client had not recorded a police statement at Kajiado Police Station and insisted that he should be handed over to UNHCR.
"Kenya authorities must not return my client to Tanzania where opposition MPs are being persecuted. A person fleeing from persecution, according to Article 2 of the UNHCR Statute of 1951, does not need to present documents to any authority," he added.

However, reliable sources within police circles indicated that plans are under way to send the former MP back to Tanzania.
Senior police officers in Kajiado remained tight-lipped on the matter, avoiding all contacts with journalists.

On Sunday, however, Kajiado Central Sub-county police boss Daudi Olonyokwe said they were looking into the matter.

Mr Lema's woes come amid a crackdown on Tanzanian’s opposition, barely a week after President John Pombe Magufuli was sworn in for a second five-year term after he won elections whose results were rejected by the opposition.

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Huyu huenda akarudishwa TZ kujibu tuhuma zinazomkabili...
 
Lema ameshapewa hifadhi ya kisiasa Kenya. Hili ni pigo kwa mhutu na jeshi lake la polisi. Bravo Lema.
 
magu2016 said:
Aende sisi hapa Arusha maisha ni kama kawa!
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Heri yake amekimbia huu utawala dhalimu. Namshauri Mbowe, Heche, Wanje, Mdee, Bulaya, Sugu, Mwakajoka, Matiko, Catherine na Zito nao wale kona fasta. Haiwezekana u
Kila siku aambiwe aripoti police bila kuwa na kosa lolote
 
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