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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Disability League on Wednesday jumped to the defense of Suna East MP Junet Mohammed who claimed that Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura \u2018bleached\u2019 his skin to represent People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) in parliament.<\/p>\n

Through a statement signed by ODM Disability League president Nikson Kakiri, the group noted that Junet\u2019s sentiments were not targeted at PWDs but at Mwaura as a person.<\/p>\n

\u201cJunet\u2019s comment was purely an individual against an individual without targeting a group of people or community as being potrayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note that in a political context the comment was attributed to the fact that the target instigated violence which brought a security threat to PWDs\u2019 political participation,\u201d read the statement in part.<\/p>\n

Further, Kakiri clarified that the Disability League strongly condemns violence and hate speech remarks directed at PWDs.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersons with Disabilities should be careful with those who want to whip their emotions to gain sympathy by misleading information\u2026change starts with us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know \u2018Muthungu wa Ruiru\u2019 normalizes insensitivity in a political sense and we should not be crying foul when it starts with us,\u201d said Kakiri.<\/p>\n

Last week,\u00a0PWDs condemned Junet\u2019s remarks saying persons with albinism should be treated with dignity like any other Kenyan.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the newsrooms, the lobby group termed the remarks discriminatory and said attacks on the basis of disability were attacks on all persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersons with albinism are human beings who are created in the image and likeness of God and therefore deserve respect, honor and dignity just like any other Kenyan,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

The group called upon the MP to withdraw the remarks and apologise to the nominated senator who is also facing disciplinary action by the Jubilee Party.<\/p>\n

Junet later took to social media to express remorse over the remarks saying they were not directed at people with albinism but specifically at Senator Mwaura.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize to people born with albinism. My comments in no way reflect my opinions of them as upstanding citizens of our county. My comments were directed at the rotten character of Isaac Mwaura who exploits his disability for personal gain and incitement of violence,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Disability League on Wednesday jumped to the defense of Suna East MP Junet Mohammed who claimed that Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura \u2018bleached\u2019 his skin to represent People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) in parliament. Through a statement signed by ODM Disability League president Nikson Kakiri, the group noted that Junet\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[7438,3855,564],"class_list":["post-22398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-disability-league","tag-junet-mohammed","tag-odm"],"yoast_head":"\nHe meant no harm: ODM Disability League defends Junet - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Disability League on Wednesday jumped to the defense of Suna East MP Junet Mohammed who claimed that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"He meant no harm: ODM Disability League defends Junet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Disability League on Wednesday jumped to the defense of Suna East MP Junet Mohammed who claimed that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-11T21:15:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/day_of_chaos_and_dra6025718de57d0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"He meant no harm: ODM Disability League defends Junet\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-11T21:15:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/day_of_chaos_and_dra6025718de57d0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Disability League\",\"Junet Mohammed\",\"ODM\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/he-meant-no-harm-odm-disability-league-defends-junet\",\"name\":\"He meant no harm: ODM Disability League defends Junet - 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