EDITORIAL: A Jaguar in the House, more on the way?
Starehe MP Charles Njagua in the docks at Milimani Law Court, Nairobi, on June 28, 2019. The court ruled that he be detained for three more days as police conclude probe over hate remarks against foreigners. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
The official reactions that saw Kenya quickly dissociate from the xenophobic statements Tuesday by Kenyan legislator Charles Njagua Kanyi aka Jaguar, and Tanzania’s summoning of Kenya’s diplomatic representative in Dar es Salaam, all conform to a well-established, almost reflex procedure.
Whether East Africans and other foreigners should pay much attention to them is another question.