South Sudanese in Kenya are Embarrassing our Country
5 min read2015: A YEAR OF SURPRISES AND CHOCKING STORIES
By Chol Gabriel
March 14, 2015 – I don’t want to open the wounds from one of the Bor sub clans in Jonglei state by reminding them of last week’s nightmare,but am wondering about the things in store for Republic of South Sudan, I followed one of the court cases involving a 30 years old guy from the other side of the river bank in South Sudan that defiled a 5 years old girl in Kenya, before some of you rushed into defensive mechanism,let the law do it part,it’s not bad defending one of your own but first follow the suit in a legal perspective.
I remember a case involving 5 South Sudanese boys in Kileleshwa Nairobi,5 of them being sons of prominent politicians in the country,they got drunk at one of the boy’s house,then they took a car from one of the homes,the car had no log book,none of them got a license,though they decided to party that weekend hence they hit the Chiromo road to Westlands,before they reached Australian Embassy from Kileleshwa,they were stopped by a police officer, the boy whose father is a prominent politicians from Duk in Jonglei state was on the steering wheels, the police officer demanded for a driving licence, the answer was obvious,they didn’t have any license neither valid passports, the police requested for a log book but they got none.
Guest what happened,they were directed to pull over by the road side,all of them were told to get out of the car.Then they were interrogated, since they were all drunk, they started abusing the officer with all pathetic abuses you may expect from an arrogant politician’s son,they were quoted,”we are sons of ministers,governors and rich politicians in South Sudan,there is nothing you can do to us,you are too poor to even talk to us,” surprisingly,with their words pouring out,they were rough together,thrown in a police land cruiser then taken to Kileleshwa police station.
Instead of partying that night,they spend their weekend in police custody. The next day,their families were informed that the boys were arrested. When the guardians arrives at the station, the unity state governor’s nephew who went on behalf of the son arrested could not agree with the OCS, you know how the Kenyan police officers are,something should talk on behalf otherwise whatever you say is meaningless. Before everything, the police requested for Ksh.15000 per every boy,but funny enough the guy pretended to be a security attachee based in South Sudan Embassy in Kenya,according to him he thought he will scare the police and release the boys for free.
However he invited more problems,the police were aggressive and he end up in the same category of offense with the boys,he was thrown out of the police station and the case was closed at that particular day since it was on a Saturday. One of my colleagues by the name, Daniel Yor from Duk that stay with one of the boys, went to the police station on a different occasion though on the same day,he found the OCS was leaving the station in a Land Cruiser,he wheeled to where the OCS was about to start the car engine in order to make his move out of the station, Daniel Yor enquire from the OCS on why the boys were arrested,he also requested if there was anything he could do inorder for the boys to be released but it was to no avail since the first guy that arrived at the station messed everything.
Days gone by,nothing was done,then the boys were taken to court,on their first hearing they plea guilty and were taken to remand prison in industrial area,their chances of coming out clean were minimal,to rough the long story short,they stayed in Jail for 2 months before their case was renewed through an appealed lodged by UN through the lobby of Daniel Yor,this man is a hero in a wheelchair,i personally respect him. The boys were finally released but they had to pay hugely for their recklessness,they were released after hectic 3months,the car was detained by the police and upto date,it is still in Kileleshwa police station.
Back to Mr. Defiler ,this case is very delicate, even the South Sudan embassy in Nairobi could not help in anyway,just let justice be served and for those that are saying that Youths should mobilised themselves and match to the Makadara law court in solidarity with this young man,i would suggest you first consult and get briefings from the family,let them tell you what exactly transpired before defending him.
If I may ask,how did the guy got into contact with the 5 year old girl,was he baby sitting or does he work in a Child care centre? if none of these exist and he grabbed someone’s child in the streets of foreign city only to compensate his poor strategies in convincing a grown and well mature lady then let him convince the entire community on how the whole issue started,otherwise let’s not invite another embarrassment apart from the case in itself.
These are my opinions,i don’t air them to hurt anyone.
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