Kenyans Online Angered By Gov't Move to Deport Racist Chinese Man Videotaped Insulting President Uhuru
Online users have opposed the government's plan to deport a racist Chinese national caught on camera insulting President Uhuru and Kenyans.
In a video widely shared on social media on Wednesday, the young Chinese man is heard calling the President and Kenyans 'monkeys'. He also says he hates black people because they smell bad, are foolish and poor.
In a statement on its Twitter handle on Thursday morning, the Department of Immigration announced the foreigner has been arrested and was being processed for deportation on grounds of racism.
“Chinese National by the Name Liu Jiaqi who was captured on video yesterday (Wednesday) using abusive words has been arrested. His work permit has been canceled,” the department said on Twitter.
A section of Kenyans on Twitter however say the deportation of the Chinese man is not sufficient and want him jailed. They argue that insulting the President is not a mere offence.
Kenyan lawyer and former presidential aspirant Ekuru Aukot said on Twitter: “I disagree. He must first be jailed and then deported later after jail time and his company be blacklisted in Kenya.”
He added: “This racist Chinese, Liu Jiaqi, must first feel the weight of Kenyan law before he is deported. He must be sent to Kamiti maximum prison first. Deporting him first before jail weakens our own law and amounts to a big treat to him,” Aukot added.
Erica Clement noted: “If a Kenyan abuses Uhuru Kenyatta he would be jailed. Why should a Chinese man abuse our president and he is flown comfortably home? Fred Matiang’i This is the attitude of most Chinese. We must grow our economy and shield it from neocolonialists. We are not respected coz we beg."
Mary Jabulana posed: “Matiang’i, how do such even get visas. We are sacrificing our dignity for loans. He should meet the same fate as a Kenyan who would utter the same froth in China.”
Micah Nyabiba said: “If it is in our laws that when a foreigner commits a crime he is deported, then our legal system is crooked. And who pays for the cost of deportation? This guy deserves kamiti atutengenezee viti.”