Somali refugee: I will die in Kenya or die trying to be Kenyan

[Samm999]

I might be a refugee, yes, but do I deserve to be treated as if I was the reason for my status? I think it’s NO. That is the question one Abdu Mohammed asked as he narrated his story upon hearing the news of refugees being repatriated to Somalia.

At the age of 14, I earned the name refugee in 1992 as I worked across the Kenyan boarder dobley from Somalia, where once a peaceful country was now being turned into a deadly war zone. I remember my own family up there and how they met their death, brutally attacked by militia in the name of clannism, so the only option for me was to flee.

I was received by UNHCR and taken through a thorough documentation, as I filled my papers with the help of the then humanitarian workers, I was only cursing why would things all of a sudden turn on me and my people. Behind me, thousands of fellow guys from Somalia were lining up to be received too.

Later I was given a place to live and called it my new home, from the roofed house I was living in Somalia to a white UNHCR labeled tent, to lining up for free food, from helping the people around me to now in need of dire assistance, whoever said life is unfair, was never wrong.

I'ts almost 22 years now, I have found my life back, now I run my own business, married to a Kenyan lady, and with three kids, trying to make ends meet. One fine morning the news came, the sudden news of #DadaabShutdown is causing fears amongst the refugees in town, just when I thought life was smooth.

The sudden decision raises confusion to most of people here from Somalia, I and others came here at a very tender age, toughened through the hard life away from home and once we stood tall, everything now comes tumbling down on us. The Kenyan government is raising issues of insecurity brought about by the refugees like myself.


Why would Kenya treat refugees us as the problem, why would Kenya harass innocent asylum seekers in the name of securing its interests? It is unfair to unleash its anger on us who are seeking better lives away from our own motherland.

My wife is Kenyan, my kids are Kenyans, almost more than half of my life I have known Kenya, now why would I return to the land I was chased, to a land where I witnessed my own family and relatives butchered because of misunderstandings of the powerful ones.

I only know of Kenyan laws, Kenyan education system, I have learned to be a foreigner who abides by the law more than the citizens itself, why would people vulnerable like us be chased like dogs, I and others like me deserve better, I am more Kenyan than Somali and I am ready to die for my piece of peace.

My kids always sing to me. EEH MUNGU NGUVU YETU, ILETE BARAKA KWETU and realizing it’s the Kenyan National anthem, I stand chest out and say, (papers or no papers) the decision I have made is to die in Kenya or die trying to be Kenyan because I am in a dilemma.

Hope Kenya will review its decision and at least make it a voluntary process.
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I might be a refugee, yes, but do I deserve to be treated as if I was the reason for my status? I think it’s NO. That is the question one Abdu Mohammed asked as he narrated his story upon hearing the news of refugees being repatriated to Somalia.
At the age of 14, I earned the name refugee in 1992 as I worked across the Kenyan boarder dobley from Somalia, where once a peaceful country was now being turned into a deadly war zone. I remember my own family up there and how they met their death, brutally attacked by militia in the name of clannism, so the only option for me was to flee.
I was received by UNHCR and taken through a thorough documentation, as I filled my papers with the help of the then humanitarian workers, I was only cursing why would things all of a sudden turn on me and my people. Behind me, thousands of fellow guys from Somalia were lining up to be received too.
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Later I was given a place to live and called it my new home, from the roofed house I was living in Somalia to a white UNHCR labeled tent, to lining up for free food, from helping the people around me to now in need of dire assistance, whoever said life is unfair, was never wrong.
I'ts almost 22 years now, I have found my life back, now I run my own business, married to a Kenyan lady, and with three kids, trying to make ends meet. One fine morning the news came, the sudden news of #DadaabShutdown is causing fears amongst the refugees in town, just when I thought life was smooth.
The sudden decision raises confusion to most of people here from Somalia, I and others came here at a very tender age, toughened through the hard life away from home and once we stood tall, everything now comes tumbling down on us. The Kenyan government is raising issues of insecurity brought about by the refugees like myself.
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Why would Kenya treat refugees us as the problem, why would Kenya harass innocent asylum seekers in the name of securing its interests? It is unfair to unleash its anger on us who are seeking better lives away from our own motherland.
My wife is Kenyan, my kids are Kenyans, almost more than half of my life I have known Kenya, now why would I return to the land I was chased, to a land where I witnessed my own family and relatives butchered because of misunderstandings of the powerful ones.
I only know of Kenyan laws, Kenyan education system, I have learned to be a foreigner who abides by the law more than the citizens itself, why would people vulnerable like us be chased like dogs, I and others like me deserve better, I am more Kenyan than Somali and I am ready to die for my piece of peace.
My kids always sing to me. EEH MUNGU NGUVU YETU, ILETE BARAKA KWETU and realizing it’s the Kenyan National anthem, I stand chest out and say, (papers or no papers) the decision I have made is to die in Kenya or die trying to be Kenyan because I am in a dilemma.
Hope Kenya will review its decision and at least make it a voluntary process.
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this episode will never end,Kenya decision to close Daadab is going to make things even more worse,Watu kama Abdu wako wengi,wameoa au kuolewa na Wakenya,wana watoto na familia ambazo ni Wakenya.Utamfukuza vipi mtu kama huyu alafu awaache watoto wake nyuma?Hatred will be imposed on this generation and the future one,no wonder the number of Kenyans terrorists will be increased.

 

[MK254]

this episode will never end,Kenya decision to close Daadab is going to make things even more worse,Watu kama Abdu wako wengi,wameoa au kuolewa na Wakenya,wana watoto na familia ambazo ni Wakenya.Utamfukuza vipi mtu kama huyu alafu awaache watoto wake nyuma?Hatred will be imposed on this generation and the future one,no wonder the number of Kenyans terrorists will be increased.

Vipi wale Warundi na Wanyarwanda mliowapakia kwenye malori hata wengine baada ya kuishi Tanzania kwa zaidi ya miaka 40.
Binafsi siungi mkono hili la kuwahamisha hawa wakimbizi, japokua kila tukio la ugaidi likipelelezwa chimbuko lake huishia ndani ya hayo makambi. Lakini itaua unafiki uliokithiri kwa Watanzania kuelekeza kidole maana nyie kwanza mliwafukuza kwa mihemuko hadi mkaishia kuwafukuza Watanzania halali ndani yake.

 

[Xplorer]

Vipi wale Warundi na Wanyarwanda mliowapakia kwenye malori hata wengine baada ya kuishi Tanzania kwa zaidi ya miaka 40.
Binafsi siungi mkono hili la kuwahamisha hawa wakimbizi, japokua kila tukio la ugaidi likipelelezwa chimbuko lake huishia ndani ya hayo makambi. Lakini itaua unafiki uliokithiri kwa Watanzania kuelekeza kidole maana nyie kwanza mliwafukuza kwa mihemuko hadi mkaishia kuwafukuza Watanzania halali ndani yake.

Our motives katika kuwarudisha Warundi kwao ni tofauti kabisa na hii yenu,sisi tuliwarudisha mwaka 2006 baada ya kukaa kwetu kwa takriban miaka 12 tu huku wakiendelea kukaa wakati tayari Burundi ilikuwa salama,Hata hivyo kutokana na machafuko yanayoendelea huko hivi sasa tayari tumepokea mamilioni ya wakimbizi huko Kigoma.

By the way binafsi naamini kuwa Kenya isipokuwa salama hata sisi hatuwezi kuwa salama,hao wasomali watakimbilia Uganda au Tanzania and they will come back terrorizing you,then mtasema sisi tunahifadhi magaidi na Mahusiano yetu yatakuwa mabaya kama ilivyo kwa Burundi na Rwanda,fikiria vizuri utaiona impact yake hapo baadae.

 

[Samm999]

Lol Xplorer nyamaza tu

 

[1 Africa]

I don't blame him for loving Kenya so much.

 

[Quickly]

Our motives katika kuwarudisha Warundi kwao ni tofauti kabisa na hii yenu,sisi tuliwarudisha mwaka 2006 baada ya kukaa kwetu kwa takriban miaka 12 tu huku wakiendelea kukaa wakati tayari Burundi ilikuwa salama,Hata hivyo kutokana na machafuko yanayoendelea huko hivi sasa tayari tumepokea mamilioni ya wakimbizi huko Kigoma.

By the way binafsi naamini kuwa Kenya isipokuwa salama hata sisi hatuwezi kuwa salama,hao wasomali watakimbilia Uganda au Tanzania and they will come back terrorizing you,then mtasema sisi tunahifadhi magaidi na Mahusiano yetu yatakuwa mabaya kama ilivyo kwa Burundi na Rwanda,fikiria vizuri utaiona impact yake hapo baadae.

Naona kaka unatapatapa hapa. Hivi unadhani kuwa mkimbizi ni laana au vipi?? Muwafukuze kwao na hawapafahamu na hawapajui. Hivi nyie hamwezi kuona wezekano ya kuweko na wenye tija miongoni mwao?? Kwa taarifa yako, Einstein alikuwa mkimbizi..Uwakumbuke wenzenu ughaibuni, wote wakimbizi sawa na huyu kijana wa kisomali.

 

[Kambalanick]

If he married a Kenyan...I think he earned his citizenship.

 

[Xplorer]

Naona kaka unatapatapa hapa. Hivi unadhani kuwa mkimbizi ni laana au vipi?? Muwafukuze kwao na hawapafahamu na hawapajui. Hivi nyie hamwezi kuona wezekano ya kuweko na wenye tija miongoni mwao?? Kwa taarifa yako, Einstein alikuwa mkimbizi..Uwakumbuke wenzenu ughaibuni, wote wakimbizi sawa na huyu kijana wa kisomali.

sijawahi kushabikia kufukuzwa kwa wakimbizi na wala siwezi kulishabikia hilo.nimekueleza kuwa Tanzania iliamua kuwarudisha nyumbani warundi baada ya nchi yao kuwa stable mwaka 2006,ikaonekana kuwa hakuna sababu ya wao kuendelea kukaa Tanzania badala ya kwenda kuijenga upya Burundi,hata hivyo baada ya migogoro ya hivi karibuni tumewapokea tena wengi zaidi na tunaendelea kuwapokea kwakuwa tunaamini sisi sio malaika wa amani hivyo yanayowapata warundi yanaweza kutupata na sisi,Zanzibar kulikuwa na machafuko mwaka 2005 na Watanzania wengi sana. walipokelewa Kenya kwa ukarimu wa hali juu na inawezekana bado wengine wako huko hadi leo lakini sio kwa jina la Wakimbizi.

kwa upande mwingine ikumbukwe pia Kenya inatarajia kufanya uchaguzi wake mwakani na kuna kila dalili ya uvunjifu wa amani hivi sasa ingawaje hatuombei iwe hivyo,Je unafkiri kenya hamuwezi kuwa wakimbizi na tukawapokea?

iwapo Somalia kutapatikana amani,kutakuwa hakuna sababu ya hao wakimbizi kuendelea kukaa Kenya badala ya kwenda kuijenga nchi yao,lakini kuwarudisha huko sasa hivi is like sending them to hell.

 

[Ngongo]

Kenya wakati wanatifuana na wakimbizi wa kisomali Tanzania inajenga bomba la mafuta na SGR.

 

[Iconoclastes]

Kenya wakati wanatifuana na wakimbizi wa kisomali Tanzania inajenga bomba la mafuta na SGR.

Wewe umekosa hoja.

 

[collinss]

Why is he worried, he can comfortably apply for Kenyan citizenship if he's been married for atleast 7yrs.

 

[pingli-nywee]

this episode will never end,Kenya decision to close Daadab is going to make things even more worse,Watu kama Abdu wako wengi,wameoa au kuolewa na Wakenya,wana watoto na familia ambazo ni Wakenya.Utamfukuza vipi mtu kama huyu alafu awaache watoto wake nyuma?Hatred will be imposed on this generation and the future one,no wonder the number of Kenyans terrorists will be increased.

Umesema kweli jombaa,hata kama mimi ni mkenya nakubali kuwa kufunga kambi za wakimbizi haitasuluhisha chochote.Itatuongezea shida nyingi tu kama wakenya.Mbona wakafunga Daadab,kambi iliyojaa wasomali lakini Kakuma iliyojaa wasudi hakuna anayeiongelea?Ubaguzi huo!Hawa jamaa ni ndugu zetu na wanahitaji msaada wetu!Ntaongeza ya kuwa mimi si wa asili ya kisomali.

 

[Eyce]

Kabla ya kutoa mawazo yangu je,sheria ya kenya inasemaje kuhusu haki ya uraia kwa wakimbizi kama hawa

na pia je,kijana huyu anaweza kupata uraia wa nchi anayoihusudu

 

[Samm999]

Tobaaa

To become Kenyan
Know swahili
English
Leave in Kenya for at least 7yrs

Don't serve a jail term of more than 12months consecutively

Don't participate in illegal activity

Don't join the enemy in times of war or leak confidential data to the enemy during war....

 

[Samm999]

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[DesertStorm]

Umesema kweli jombaa,hata kama mimi ni mkenya nakubali kuwa kufunga kambi za wakimbizi haitasuluhisha chochote.Itatuongezea shida nyingi tu kama wakenya.Mbona wakafunga Daadab,kambi iliyojaa wasomali lakini Kakuma iliyojaa wasudi hakuna anayeiongelea?Ubaguzi huo!Hawa jamaa ni ndugu zetu na wanahitaji msaada wetu!Ntaongeza ya kuwa mimi si wa asili ya kisomali.

Kwa mara ya kwanza nakuona ndugu yangu pingiri ukiunga hoja ya mtanzania mwenzangu na kukosoa ya mkenya mwenzako...Big up

 

[pingli-nywee]

Kwa mara ya kwanza nakuona ndugu yangu pingiri ukiunga hoja ya mtanzania mwenzangu na kukosoa ya mkenya mwenzako...Big up

Jombaa,I hope huko Cossovo kila kitu kipo salama!Mbona ni mara kibao tu nimeunga mkono hoja za ndugu zako watz?Hujaona hilo kabisa,ni leo tu?Mara zote mimi huwa naangalia hoja wala si aliyetoa hoja ni mtz au mkenya.Sina uhasama wala chuki na watz,nina rafiki zangu kule Moshi na Kigoma.Lazima nisimamie ukweli,nakumbuka mama yangu akirudia maneno hayo huku mkononi ameshika kiboko na sura yangu nimeikunja kwa uchungu!Ameniudhi sana rais UKenyatta kwa haya mambo ya kufunga kambi ya Daadab.Ukisaidia jirani yako,haina haja ya kuteta na kulialia au kungoja shukran kutoka kwa binadam,Mungu ni muona yote.

 

[MwendaOmo]

Wasomalia warudi makwao. Unafikiri msomalia yeyote anaweza kubali uende uishi huko? Hawa watu ni sumbua. Huwezi linganisha wakimbizi wanaotoka Sudan Kusini, Congo, Ethiopia na hawa watu. wapenda vita, kila mara wavunja sheria. Hamna mtu yeyote anayewataka.. Ni balaa tuu. Ikiwa tunataka tuwe kama Ivory Coast, basi tuendelee kuishi na hawa watu.