The USA embassy may have helped a road killer run away from Justice in Kenya. This is according to the Washington Post.
An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the center line in his SUV and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials said Friday.
U.S. Embassy officials in Nairobi rushed the American and his family out of Kenya the next day, leaving the crash victims with no financial assistance to pay for a funeral and for hospital bills for the eight or so others who were seriously injured.
Latifah Naiman Mariki, 38 and whose husband was killed in the crash, was almost evicted from her house this week after her landlord demanded rent. Mariki’s deceased husband, Haji Lukindo, was the family’s only source of income. Mariki told The Associated Press that neither the American driver nor anyone at the U.S. Embassy has contacted her, and she doesn’t know how she will provide for her soon-to-be-born child and three children, ages 20, 10 and 7.
“It is difficult for me to handle this matter because my kids need to go to school. They need everything, basic needs,” Mariki said. “And we have no place to stay because we have to pay the rent. We have no money. … Even if my kids are sick I have no money to take them to hospital.”
Kenya Police Denied Access to Culprit Due to Diplomatic Immunity
Nairobi provincial traffic boss Patrick Lumumba yesterday said Walde’s departure had left the police with no option but to involve the Foreign Affairs ministry and diplomatic police.
Lumumba said the police have written to Attorney General Githu Muigai and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for help in having Walde brought back to the country to face the charges. from the star
A police spokeswoman, Ziporah Mboroki, said no charges had been filed against Walde the last time she checked. “He is a diplomat and has the privileges of a diplomat. If you’re a diplomat and you commit any crime in Kenya, the case is investigated and is forwarded to your embassy,” she said. “That’s what the law says and we work per the law.”
US Embassy and Double Standards with Suspect Joshua Walde
The U.S. government is concerned about the impact the accident could have on U.S.-Kenya relations, a U.S. government official said. The official noted that embassy employees are typically evacuated for medical evaluations after traumatic events but also are flown out of a country to avoid any possible retribution or attacks from others involved in an accident.
What they don’t say is that the USA government has intentionally harboured a criminal but would like us to believe that they. We would be very happy if the USA would stop using fake passports to hide criminals such as Joshua Walde.
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