A group of eleven Members of Parliament from Kenya have concluded their mission today in Juba where they met South Sudan government officials. The groups threatened targeted sanctions, travel bans and asset freezes of South Sudanese opposition.
Speaking on Thursday upon their return to Nairobi, Hon Asman Kamam, chair of National Security said that Kenya will discourage any leaders from South Sudan who encourage people to go back to war.
Kamam said, “We will discourage anybody trying to use our country as a launching pad for war. We are very categorical, we do not target a specify person but any leader from this region.”
“As you are aware, this is a team from Kenyan National Assembly, we are the friends of South Sudan and as friends of South Sudan we came here on fact-finding to assess your progress and get any information relevant to our committee,” he said.
“We are interested in a very peaceful South Sudan; we are also interested in seeing that nobody of whatever persuasion is allowed carrying out violent or political struggle using any East African states. And we are prepared as parliament to take these matters forward by way of coming up with motion and even a bill that will address matters of this nature,” Kamam stressed.
“We want to say from what we have gathered; we will of course have a very comprehensive press conference in Nairobi to issue and give our statement on what we have gotten from this place,” he further added.
The delegations met with members of Parliament, FVP Taban Deng and Kenyan businessmen in South Sudan.