NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan authorities have ordered Libya's top diplomat to leave the country within one week and accused him of undermining Kenya's security, the Daily Nation said today.
The expulsion order was handed Libyan Charge d'Affaires Ahmed Khalifer Arrajel Thursday in the wake of claims made in court that the Libyan Embassy 'infiltrated the affairs' of Nairobi University which was closed for three weeks recently after violent rioting.
Arrajel is the second Libyan charge to be expelled from Kenya in the past eight months.
The Daily Nation quoted Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Ochola Mak'Anyengo as saying that 'Kenya's security has been persistently undermined by the envoy in total disregard to normal diplomatic expectations.'
A student leader at Nairobi University was sentenced Monday to five years in prison following allegations he was spying on campus for the Libyan Embassy.
The state prosecutor said Robert Buke Wafula, leader of the Students Organization of Nairobi University, and several other students 'spread the gospel of socialism as understood by Libya.'
The arrest of Buke triggered two days of rioting at the university in mid-November, leading to a three week closure of the institution.
Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Zachary Onyonka said the Libyans wanted to have their own man on campus 'to use him to serve the interests of the Libyan government.'
Kenyan authorities have ordered Libya's top diplomat to leave the country within one week and accused him of undermining Kenya's security, the Daily Nation said today.
The expulsion order was handed Libyan Charge d'Affaires Ahmed Khalifer Arrajel Thursday in the wake of claims made in court that the Libyan Embassy 'infiltrated the affairs' of Nairobi University which was closed for three weeks recently after violent rioting.
Arrajel is the second Libyan charge to be expelled from Kenya in the past eight months.
The Daily Nation quoted Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Ochola Mak'Anyengo as saying that 'Kenya's security has been persistently undermined by the envoy in total disregard to normal diplomatic expectations.'
A student leader at Nairobi University was sentenced Monday to five years in prison following allegations he was spying on campus for the Libyan Embassy.
The state prosecutor said Robert Buke Wafula, leader of the Students Organization of Nairobi University, and several other students 'spread the gospel of socialism as understood by Libya.'
The arrest of Buke triggered two days of rioting at the university in mid-November, leading to a three week closure of the institution.
Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Zachary Onyonka said the Libyans wanted to have their own man on campus 'to use him to serve the interests of the Libyan government.'
The Libyan news agency Jana said there is no link between the Libyan Embassy in Nairobi and the university's student group.
It said Western journalists tried to link the embassy with the students to drive a wedge between African and Arab nations.
