Senior members of the Garissa County government have lambasted the decision by Jubilee government to involuntarily repatriate Somalia refugees.
The leaders expressed heightened concerns that the process could endanger the lives of the affected refugees.
Led by Garissa governor, Nathif Jama, the county administration urged various humanitarian organisations who are presently offering basic services in the camp to continue doing so, given the fact that the Kenyan authority has already disbanded the board handling refugee affairs in the country.
“This decision to send back Somalia refugees could lead to an involuntary return of hundreds of thousands of externally displaced people to their countries of origin where their well-being may still be on the scale. This will be in dire violation of Kenya’s obligations as dictated by the international law,’' affirmed Jama.
Meanwhile, President Mohamud Hassan Sheikh of Somalia is expected to get into detailed deliberations with his host counterpart, President Uhuru Kenyatta before he jets back to his country.
The two East African leaders are expected to extensively discuss insights into the refugee repatriation procedures among other top agendas on matters affecting the two nations.