Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has issued an apology to Senator Isaac Mwaura following his derogatory remarks regarding the senator's albinism.
According to a statement, Junet said that his comments were taken out of context, adding that he did not intend to attack or demean people living with albinism.
The MP stated that when he made the comments, he was only referring to Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura and his character.
"I want to apologize to people born with albinism. My comments in no way reflects my opinions of them as upstanding citizens of our county. My comments were directed at the rotten character of Isaac Mwaura who exploits his disability for personal gain and incitement of violence," stated Junet.
A video clip that went viral on Saturday, February 6 showed MP accusing Mwaura of bleaching his skin to land Parliamentary nominations.
Junet said, "It seems he bleached himself so he could secure himself nomination to the National Assembly first through the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), then Jubilee and now he has decamped to the Wheelbarrow movement."
He was speaking during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) popularization campaign on Saturday, February 6, in Turkana County.
Junet went ahead to claim that he would like the constitution amended to consider all white men as people with disability.
Many people including the organisation of the people living with disabilities were attracted by the MP's remarks and they demanded an apology.
According to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), action was being taken by the commission against the lawmaker.
The statement from NCIC read, "NCIC condemns these utterances by Hon Junet Mohammed, making fun of Hon Isaac Mwaura's disability. Such utterances are demeaning to persons living with disability, if left unattended it may trigger division between persons of different colors. The Commission is considering the matter with the view of taking appropriate action." Junet Apologises to nominated Senator Mwaura over albinism remarks*
Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has issued an apology to Senator Isaac Mwaura following his derogatory remarks regarding the senator's albinism.
According to a statement, Junet said that his comments were taken out of context, adding that he did not intend to attack or demean people living with albinism.
The MP stated that when he made the comments, he was only referring to Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura and his character.
"I want to apologize to people born with albinism. My comments in no way reflects my opinions of them as upstanding citizens of our county. My comments were directed at the rotten character of Isaac Mwaura who exploits his disability for personal gain and incitement of violence," stated Junet.
A video clip that went viral on Saturday, February 6 showed MP accusing Mwaura of bleaching his skin to land Parliamentary nominations.
Junet said, "It seems he bleached himself so he could secure himself nomination to the National Assembly first through the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), then Jubilee and now he has decamped to the Wheelbarrow movement."
He was speaking during a Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) popularization campaign on Saturday, February 6, in Turkana County.
Junet went ahead to claim that he would like the constitution amended to consider all white men as people with disability.
Many people including the organisation of the people living with disabilities were attracted by the MP's remarks and they demanded an apology.
According to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), action was being taken by the commission against the lawmaker.
The statement from NCIC read, "NCIC condemns these utterances by Hon Junet Mohammed, making fun of Hon Isaac Mwaura's disability. Such utterances are demeaning to persons living with disability, if left unattended it may trigger division between persons of different colors. The Commission is considering the matter with the view of taking appropriate action."
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