Farah Maalim's Visa refusal claim by US Embassy USA boycotting the UN race conference in Geneva, the IRANIAN president Mohmoud Ahmadinejad said in his speech “ African continent is full of resources, peace can be achieved and leaders can lead without outside interference, few minorities are imposing their ideas on the world majority” The claim by Mr Ranneberger’s office refusing a visa for the Deputy speaker to travel to America is a bullying tactic to silence the leader not to question the US military presence in Lagdera constituency, his tough talks against Waki report and his support for the religious groups in Somalia. Farah Maalim, the Lagdera elected member of parliament is one of the few out spoken Kenyan-Somali, who will never shy off on issues that are of national interest and has on several occasions told Kenyans to solve their problems internally while rebelling the waki report. Mr Aden Abdi; a constituent from Lagdera said that the US field officer should respect our leaders if not he should advice Americans not to step a foot on Lagdera constituency without the permission of the locals. Mr Abdi said Mr Ranneberger is acting as head of state by recently refusing to allow Molo MP Joseph Kiuna and other politicians to address their constituents in Rift Valley Province. In retaliation the MP Joseph Kiuna has accused the US ambassador Michael Ranneberger of visiting his constituency without his knowledge. He said “I deserve to know who is coming to my territory and for what reason” Farah Maalim bravely accused western countries of a conspiracy to turn Kenya into a failed State for their own "selfish" interests. He said “ before the peace deal was signed, he and a group of ODM leaders visited a diplomat of a western superpower and instead of assisting to end the violence, he told them the due process of law must be followed. US media across the Atlantic, shade more light on Mr Maalim’s sentiments. An article by Karen Rothmyer on The Nation, a US newspaper in New York, claimed that Mr Ken Flottman, who was IRI country director sat on the exit poll when Kenyans needed it most. Mr Flottman said, Ranneberger appeared to try to help Kibaki’s chances. In one case, when a poll done by a local leading pollster showed Raila pulling ahead, "the ambassador was keen to release our poll, which showed Kibaki was more popular". In another thorny issue, Mr Farah Maalim asked Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula to clarify whether the US marines in his constituency were doing more than drilling boreholes for the residents.. He accused the marines of operating under a lot of secrecy, saying that local leaders, including the provincial administration and councillors were in the dark about the activities of the US soldiers and asked whether the marines were there to bury nuclear waste. Our Kenyan leaders need to stand up for their diplomatic rights and work together to mobilize their constituents against US interventions. They should stand for themselves strong and united against neo-colonism in the 21st century. |