 Ismilla yurahmani rahim, membas of the fourth estate and the community at large. Welcome to Makina Jamia Mosque on behalf of the Nubian community this afternoon we want to send a presa due to what happened just the other day in Kibura at Toy Market. The community is hearted today as we are speaking a politician an MCA with the names of Lawi from Sarangombe said something that hearted the entire community and today we are here just to respond to it as the Nubian community we are here you can see us with our elders the youths and the women we want to say that the Nubian community are the descendants of Kibura we are not here by chance we were born here and we were the owners of this place however much some politicians are trying to change the narrative we want to categorically say it clear that we are a community that loves peace we are a community that have accommodated all the other tribes before independence so this afternoon we will be having a presa that will be done by my colleagues and later on if there are questions it will be answered by the panel here MCA Lawi I am just thinking of a name of calling him because he is not honourable some things that were not good for the community the toy market is within Kibura and it was burned by asonists in the night of last Saturday and we were surprised as a community to hear that we are being accused our community has been accused for burning the market we want to say that we are a beneficiary of that market and at not any given time we can do that so today we are here to tell the outside world that we are not fighting anybody however much we are being provoked to do so we are community of peace and today we want everybody to know that the Nubians are the owners of Kibura land the Nubians own the toy market no one can come and start demarcating the place to us referring us to asonists giving us names that we will not accept so in that regard I would just like to invite Botul to read the pressa then after on we will get questions from there thank you thank you so much Bashir my name is Botul Kasim Issa a vibrant member of the community and the pressa I am about to read to you is a shared sentiment from the whole Nubian community today we come to you and speak in one voice the pressa is dated ason 16th June of 2023 which is today the Nubian rights forum a leading advocate for equality, human rights and social justice on behalf of the Nubians strongly condemns the action and statement of Honorable Laura Otieno Odiambo Alliance Lawi the MCA for Sarangombe ward who has been propagating head speech and engaging in ethnic profiling we are deeply concerned about the consequences of such rhetoric as it not only undermines the principles of inclusivity and respect but also fosters division and discrimination within our society on the 4th of June 2023 at around 4.30 pm thereabouts we witnessed Honorable Laura using his influence to falsely accuse Nubian youths of the fire incident that happened at Toi Market in Kibra constituency this was during an event at Toi Market that was presided over by the Odiam party leader Honorable Raila Amolo Odinga and other leaders as well as those affected by the fire in Fano the same was captured and evidenced on video he stated that in the quote his speech targeted Nubian youths based on their ethnicity promoting harmful stereotypes and fostering an environment of fear and hostility this speech is not only slanderous as per KAP 36 deformation Act of Kenya but also an incitement which further perpetuates marginalization threatens social cohesions and jeopardizes the fundamental values we hold dear it is saddening to hear such statements especially taking into consideration that several Nubian youths in Toi Market and just as the rest of the vendors they also experience a considerable loss as a Muslim community we are guided by the virtue of peace and we see such contemptuous utterances as a threat to this very virtue that guides our dealings and deems such statements as a threat not only to our community but to our religion as well such statements create and breeds hostility within community we live in especially coming from a leader who is held in high regard it erods trust and undermines the social fabric of our nation as a minority community who have for years first discrimination we are left to wonder who will protect us if not the leaders we elected to serve us it is distressing especially at this moment in time when we are finally starting to witness some form of recognition and acceptance from our government it is imperative that leaders uphold the principles of equality respect and justice guided by our constitution and refrain from engaging in divisive rhetoric the statement of the MCA Aranabuza of the constitutional right of freedom of expression as alluded in section 33 of the supreme document the Nubian rights forum and the local Nubian leaders call upon Honorable Lawi to publicly apologize to the Nubian community for the reckless public utterances and immediately sees promoting divisive language it is crucial that leaders take responsibility for the consequences of their rhetoric and work towards healing and reconciliation it is our belief that the leadership of OGM will take up this matter with the seriousness it deserves and see to it that there is no recurrence we also call upon the Kibra community civil society organization and the media to actively challenge and reject such actions and language that is tantamount to ethnic profiling propagated by those we chose to leaders we have taken steps further call upon further we call upon the state agencies to investigate the matter and take up the necessary actions the Nubian community and its leadership remain committed to advocating for peaceful coexistence with other tribes within Kibra and challenge anyone with opposing views regardless of the community they hail from in the same breath NRF and the community organizations will continue to raise awareness engage in dialogue and collaborate with like minded organizations to combat these divisive practices and foster a society that embraces diversity, inclusivity and mutual respect it has been signed by our legal teams I understand you guys might have questions here and there so I will allow Shinnaz to come up and take on your questions but just as we wind up ninge penda kusema kwa luga kiswa hili matamshi iya huna rebolawi haia kutufurahisha sisi kama jami you cannot stand and point out the Nubian as the ones who burnt the soko actually piya sisi tuna vijanawe tu ambao wana fanya biya shara pali so in this tough economic times nani yanaweza kuwam jinga kiasihio uende uchomeki bandaya kumunyewe because at the end of the day the loss is for the community nisi sihatuna pakununu anjanya saizi so next time any leader who takes on a public platform try and bring the people together other than cosing this unity among them thank you so any questions kiswa hili that the name toy is going to get they are going to get rid of it it feels like someone somewhere wants to get rid of the Nubians and their history as well and we do not take that lightly so maybe one of our elders would respond to that Aleph Ali karibun nisha na wenzetu riyombu fihabari na wenzetu anubi tunaskitika wamukasa huli otokia katika sokole tu latui nani jambo lakushangaza kumba kunamtu ananda ku profile community wa anubi kusimakumba awu vijanaawu ali kwa na diwenye hatia katika ku eka motuhu inashangaza kusababu toini etu kibra is bigger than 288 kama njimnafkiri pchakwa confined kwa 288 kusabu tukuna title then you have another thing coming the whole of kibra belongs to the Nubian community you are magnanimous enough in some of our brothers had problems during electrical electrical skamishes in certain areas and gracefully allowed them to settle in kibra now the hand that fed our brothers so to speak is being beaten by the same beneficiaries of 288 are we different now because you have 7% of the original land would like to declare that our land is bigger than that and we belong in kibra and all over kibra we are very welcoming the Nubian population may be smaller than all the other tribes put together that is an indication of the kind of people we are we are very welcoming we want to live with other Kenyans we want to live with foreigners we want to open kibra up for commerce and business our development plans may still be on paper but I think it will generate a lot of interest to all who want to come and invest in kibra not only Kenyans we would also like to invite foreigners to come and invest in kibra as much as possible the time for takeoff is now it hurts us that we should still be profiled as a community that would stop so low as to burn a market from which our own people benefit and the owners of actually the whole that we are talking about I am grateful to our youths and our legal practitioners as young as they are they saw the need and communicated to the press and to other media organizations and we are here to put the record straight I think I will stop here because the next question the question has not been responded so we let Mali Mhamza respond to that question with a particular question what is the impact of the kibra on the kibra and the people who are working to invest in kibra and the people who are working to invest in kibra so we will continue the next question is what is the impact of the kibra on the market what is the impact on the kibra that is being brought to the market and it is in that the market is being pulled to the market and the kibra is coming and the market is coming and the kibra is coming and the internet is coming and it is coming and then Badae waka ingiwa naman nyanyambili tatu pale, ikakwa toi market. O iwo sisi, kama jamii atwezuku kubali jina ambaeni alamayetu iba dileshwe. Hiyo piya tu tatumianji ya iyote aki isheria, kama vile kwa sasaivi tu na tatumianji ya aki isheria, kadika kukabiliana na uyo mweshimiwa. Tu tatumia yo iyo njiya, hiyo jina aitu kwa sababu ni alamayetu haita toka. Kwa sababu hata mahali yuko, ambaiana wakilisha mca, hiyo mahali netwa sarangombe, stil, ni jina ya ki nubi. Mhali ambaia si babayangu, si mababu zetu, ni mababu zetu ali kwa ki enda kuchunga mangombe uko. Do wanubi wale waze wa kaita pale, sarangombe mahali ya kuchunga ngombe. Tuna mwambi ya kama hajui hata mahali ya na wakilisha piya ni nia wanubi. I think you may jibisha question. Thank you. We reached out to Lawi, well, what we've done as has been reported by Malimhamza here, we've taken legal measures because we do not take it lightly. What the statement that was pronounced was made publicly, ya. And we feel that if anyone feels aggrieved by the Nubian community, the only prudent thing would have been for them to reach out to us as a Nubian community. We have quite a number of organizations amongst us. We have many leaders as you can see. We have a lot of elders. I think even within the community, the whole Kibra community, the most elders we have come from the Nubian community as you can witness. What any leader should have done was to approach the Nubian community and say we had this and this is what happened. But unfortunately that did not take place. They did not take the step of dialogue. So what we've ended up doing, we've had to take several measures. We've gone to the DCI, we've gone to the police and reported and today we went to the National Cohesion Commission and reported the matter. So the matter is being handled. The said honorable has been summoned to come and substantiate his claims and will then take the matter from there. We know that even within the community there's need for us to build peace. Kwa Sabu, as we've said, we are a peaceful community and we do not want our name mad in any violence or any vices within the community. So after that we'll then see if dialogue is an option because we know we have different options available to us. So we've decided to take the first available option which is the legal option. Then from then on we'll then see if dialogue is the next option because we do not, in as much as the statement was pronounced publicly, we do not want to create an enmity within the community. Kibra is a cosmopolitan community and we would not want at any given point to have any issues with any community, any whether they are kamba, they are luo, anybody. We've lived peacefully and given that we want to do that, to continue living peacefully. If at any given time dialogue then becomes an option, we are open and ready for that discussion. But for this particular moment we are taking the legal measures as needed. In terms of us visiting those who have been affected, I am not sure where the question is coming from because even us as Nubians we have been affected. So the question should be have the other communities then visited us to ask us how we are feeling? Because we are also part of the whole community. The moment you then ask as Nubian community have we visited them, it also looks as if you are profiling us because then why us? Why should we be the ones to visit them? Because if someone accuses you of being a thief, why should I go to that person? They will kill me. I do not say but if you accuse me of being a thief. So that for us is not an option. We feel with those who have lost, a lot of us have lost. I mean we buy from the market, so we've all lost. Not only one community, we've all lost. Like our elders have said, we have history there. So for us to even hear that our name is being erased from that, that is a loss in itself. So that question is out of the question. For me it's not a question. It feels like profiling in its own. What was the other question? So for that, that is a question I would not want us to discuss right now because that is beyond us. That is not something that the Nubian community have the power to discuss. As it is there's discussion on redevelopment of 288, so anyone who'd want to know more about that, there's a lot of information out on social media. So for us in terms of construction of Toi Market, that is beyond us. We cannot discuss that as per now. ndi kwa nandu kwa wajima. ndi kwa wajima. So, umu nandu kwa kifu, kuki suwala na kama suwala niti ndi ndi le ya. ndi kwa kifu, kuki suwala na kama suwala niti ndi le ya. ndi kwa wajima. ndi kwa wajima. rooma tu na local administration.卍i wajima. So kwa sasa Country Council na Nairobi, ime hikwu usukani na inafatiliya, pa mwaja na DCC. ndi kwa wajima. ndi kwa wajima. ndi kwa wajima. ndi kwa wajima. Kutii niya bari yu metua hapiko kusabusi siya tu na bari kusu kuwa, ita jengwa manjumba nsiyo soko. So yun ni suwa nambari siya idizu ijuzi. Asfazio konsta na atasita mikitoka, miki kuhenda kuulim tapata kuwa, bibana binapata ku zina rekeswa. Namu. Asante. Next question? This is the last question. We have a question for you. So like this is something you should address maybe to the clients and maybe to the council. So like you and the Nubian community, what do you love to tell the character in the Kenya and also to control those who have been affected? We have been affected. All of them, you and Nubian community. We can't speak for others. On behalf of the Nubian community, I'd like to tell the government, number one, we kindly request for recognition. That is something that is top of our list. I know the government has made efforts and strides to see that we are recognized. But one of the things that makes us feel aggrieved and really saddened by this whole situation is that still despite the efforts that have been made even by our former MP to see to it that we are recognized, we still feel there's a huge gap. A lot has not been done and we are aggrieved because we feel we are still a minority community and that is one of the reasons why people feel that there's an open door, that they can do whatever they can because we are not among the 42 tribes. I don't know if they are 42 or 43. Maybe if we were, this would not have happened. Maybe if we were, we would not have been speaking here. This would be a different kind of discussion. So we humbly request the government to recognize us beyond what it has done. We know the government has powers. We know our local leaders, our leaders even within the national government, they have the powers. So we implore upon them to take this matter seriously in terms of recognition. We also implore upon them to reach out to the Nubian leaders in terms of discussion and see how this can be done, how we can help the Nubian community and how we can spread peace within Kibra because this is not a one of thing. This is something, when we look at the history of Kibra, even in 1995 we had some kind of skamishes in 2002. So we feel it is up to the leaders, upon the leaders to take this up and see to it that the Nubians and our plight is taken into account. Community, into something that is not right. The statement was reckless, irresponsible and incitement of greatest order. Kwaivoka masisi jamia ki nubi, watu wote wameishi na sisi kwa utangamano na usiyano wasababu yanini, ukarimu wetu. Ukarimu wetu ndo yumefanya kila mutu ana ezaishi Kibra na kasema Kibra ni kwetu bila haia.