Wajackoyah Responds To Allegations Of Being A UK Citizen

The president of the Roots party, George Wajackoyah, has ridiculed those who are trying to obstruct his campaign for the presidency by asserting that he is a British citizen.

Inquiries regarding Wajackoyah’s British citizenship were sent by former presidential candidate Peter Gichira to the British High Commission.

Gichiria provided evidence from Wajackoyah’s most recent admission that he attempted to compete for a parliamentary seat in the UK, where he stayed as a refugee.

He allegedly tried to run for MP in the Commonwealth country, but he made no mention of it.

Wajackoyah emphasized in a statement on Monday that he just possesses Kenyan citizenship and does not require it in order to live in the UK.

“I have never changed my citizenship. They just ought to go to the internet and google. They are wasting their time to go to the British Embassy. Nobody is deporting me because I am a Kenyan, born in Kenya with very high epistemology in terms of academia,” said Wajackoyah speaking on NTV.

“I have been outside the country, Living indefinitely in a country doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be a citizen. These circus need to read before they write they are wasting their time.”

Stephen Gachie, Gichiria’s attorney, stated that they are awaiting a response from the British Commission regarding Wajackoyah’s citizenship.

“We want the British High Commission to certify and give us answers to first establish ourselves that indeed he is a citizen of the UK,” Gachie noted.

“And we equally copied our letter to the IEBC to put them in the know of what we are doing as well as to the Director General of the immigration services.”

Candidates for president of Kenya must be Kenyan nationals by birth and free from any obligations to foreign governments, according to the IEBC.

Additionally, they cannot have dual citizenship “unless the other country’s citizenship has been acquired by operation of law without the ability to opt-out.”