Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has called for Chinese nationals living in Kenya to leave the country following claims of discrimination against Africans.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria called for Chinese nationals living in Kenya to leave the country following the claims of discrimination against Africans who were forced to live in the streets. The legislature argued that Africans cannot be blamed for the coronavirus pandemic when it was manufactured in a laboratory in China’s Wuhan city.
“It is only fair that all Chinese nationals leave the country with immediate effect,” The MP wrote on his Facebook page
“How do you blame Africans for a virus you manufactured in a Wuhan laboratory? Go back home,” he added Kuria ended his post by saying that Kenya wouldn’t finish paying its loan to the country.
Chinese authorities are beginning to eject Africans from their homes and hotels over claims that they were importing the virus into the country.
Africans in Guangdong and Fujian Province mostly affected are lamenting the move by the Chinese, fearing that they could be exposed to the virus.
Africans in China, who confirmed the ejection to our correspondent, said the government was employing force to eject foreigners from their homes.
They said, “There are claims that blacks are the ones now importing Coronavirus into China.
“Foreigners and particularly black people are currently not allowed to access public places including malls, restaurants and hospitals.
“They have landlords to evict them, they chase them out of hotels and make them go through all sorts because of Coronavirus.”
To quell the ejections, a meeting was held between the African community leaders in Guangzhou and the government.
Despite resolutions and positive outcome from the meeting, it was gathered that the evictions were yet to come to an end.
“The leaders of the African community in Guangzhou had a meeting with government officials in the city two days ago and discussions centred on all those issues.
“That’s not to say the evictions have stopped. Africans are all in the open now, under the rain with nowhere to go,” one of the affected persons said.