Human rights activist and Starehe parliamentary seat aspirant Boniface Mwangi has said he is frustrated in diaspora and wants to return back to Kenya.
In an emotional letter written to the Star, Mwangi said insecurity in the country had made him stay away longer.
"I am emotionally drained. I want to come back home," he said.
He said that his life is under threat, and that although he wants to come back home, he cannot at the moment.
"We were meant to travel back last week, but then I received a frightening warning message: “DO NOT COME HOME: THEY WILL KILL YOU.”," he wrote.
"To prove the message’s authenticity, my source shared specific details of how they intend to hurt me and my family. It has broken my heart to see my wife cry, almost everyday. In her tears she keeps saying, “You fight for Kenyans everyday, but who will fight for me and for our children?”," he added.
Mwangi further laments that Kenyans need to come together to defend their own safety and be their brothers' keepers.
"Sadly, Kenya will never be safe until every one of us is safe. There has been constant intimidation of activists and journalists in the past few years. Their survival tactic has been to leave the country, let things cool down and then return," he further said.
Mwangi is currently in America after his successful book tour.