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Kenya's Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang decision to deport all Somali MPs in the country has received strong condemnation from the Somali government. Somalia's Minister for Foreign affairs, Ali Ahmed has said the Kenyan government made a decision that will have negative implications on Somalia's diplomatic relation with Kenya.
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According to the Minister, Kenyan police arrested all Somalis with out verification on whether they were in the country legally. A decision which he said was swift and did not follow legal procedures.

He said the Somali Embassy in Nairobi has written a protest letter to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign affairs to request Kenya to reconsider it arrest of Somali MPs and all those who are in Kenya legally.

Kenya’s Immigration Minister told BBC focus on Africa that Somali MPs were plotting heinous plans against the Transitional federal government of Somalia.

“Kenya will not be used as launching pad to cause problems to the government of Somalia and we will not tolerate that,” Kajwang said.

On Sunday evening Kenyan police arrested 400 Somalis including 12 MPs , two army generals and several directors of government agencies in Somalia following protest last Friday that led to the death of one Muslim youth and seriously wounding a police officer.