Sending away Kenyan envoy will sour relations: Somali presidential candidates
Kenyan Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia Lt Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo. Somalia on November 29, 2020 ordered him to return to Nairobi as it recalled its Ambassador to Kenya Mohamud Ahmed Nur ‘Tarzan’. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Twelve Somali presidential candidates have questioned the sending away of the Kenyan envoy, saying it would sour relations with a neighbour who “has stood with us all the time.”
The candidates, at a joint press conference in Mogadishu on Wednesday, termed the move as the polarization of diplomatic posting abroad, accusing the Somali government of trying to use the issue as an election campaign tool.
