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Apart from these acts of violence against the Somali population, the Kenyan government screened residents of the north-east to differentiate between those considered genuinely Kenyan, and those who should be ‘returned’ to Somalia. Emma Lochery consolidates an analysis of a 1989 screening and describes that “[t]hose who were deemed to belong to a lineage ‘indigenous’ to Kenya were issued pink screening cards; those declared non-citizens were deported”. At a base level, this forms part of a false ‘settler’ versus ‘native’ distinction that ignores sub-Saharan Africa’s grand history of migration and specifically discriminates against nomadic and pastoral people as less-genuine citizens than those who are agrarian or urban. The bias plays out in less-than-objective attempts to identify who is not Kenyan:

Django wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:01 pm That is an outdated script.
Kenya cannot be compared to Ethiopia.

Kismaayo21 wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:09 pm I see improvements in the living standards of the Somalis in that region. Could it be a coincidence that their living standards is improving as Somalia’s living standards improve?

As Somalia becomes stronger and less corrupt the tone of Ethiopia and Kenya changes...

Would it be wise from the Somalis in that region to advocate for a strong Somali state that they can use as a leverage when dealing with other Kenyan clans?

Who benefits from Somalia’s unity the most, Somalis from Somalia or Somalis from neighboring countries.

If you live in NFD or the Somali region in Ethiopia and you’re calling for the collapse of the Somali Central government then you are shooting yourselves in the foot.