Expulsion of Somalia’s envoy to Kenya rendered fake news by PS Macharia

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Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau

The Kenyan news has became notorius for publishing and spreading fake news which has led to citizens branding their work as githeri journalism.

In recent chaos that has seen many Somali and Kenyans clash on twitter,its revealed some information trending has no back bone and is totally untrue.

Foreign Affairs PS Macharia Kamau on Sunday clarified that the government had not recalled Kenya’s ambassador to Somalia nor had it expelled Somalia’s envoy to Kenya.

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Ambassador Lucas Tumbo

The PS said the government had only “summoned” Kenya’s envoy to Mogadishu Lucas Tumbo for consultations.

“We summoned ours for consultations and asked that theirs departs for consultations on their side so that we can resolve this matter with credible and correct information from both sides,” he tweeted.

The PS on Saturday said Somalia had on February 7 this year set for auction oil and gas blocks falling within the Kenyan maritime territory near its border.

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Blocks L21, L23, L24, L25 which are disputed were allegedly auctioned.

Kenya and Somalia have had a protracted dispute over a maritime boundary which escalated in 2014 when Somalia sued Kenya at the International Court of Justice.

The case is yet to be determined.

In a statement on Saturday, Kamau said the auction took place in London.

“Kenya is prepared and ready to defend its territorial integrity at any cost and considers all those directly or indirectly involved, whether Kenyan or non-Kenyan in encroachment of Kenya’s territory as enemies of the State and as adversaries of the Kenyan people,” Macharia declared following the incident.

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