Kenya and South Sudan have been accused of orchestrating the kidnapping of James Gatdet Dak, a spokesperson of the South Sudan Opposition.
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Gatdet, who represented rebel leader Riek Machar, claims that he was abducted in Nairobi through a collaboration between the Kenyan and South Sudanese government in 2016.
His claims have been lodged with the United Nations commission of inquiry where he stated that a high-level Kenyan police officer spoke to him about his capture.
James Gatdet Dak, a former spokesman of rebel leader Riek Machar, is escorted into the High Court in Juba, South Sudan February 12, 2018 (Reuters)
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The officer allegedly stated that a deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his SS counterpart had facilitated his detention at a Nairobi airport.
"There’s no way they’re going to help you," Gatdet quoted the said officer, "I was terrified…I knew that I was heading for a terrible situation," he added while speaking to AP.
Kenya Government responds to kidnapping claims
When Government Spokesperson Eric Kiraithe was contacted to respond to the claims, he expressed a commitment to see peace in SS accelerated.
He was deported to SS where he spent two years in prison and up to 10 months in solitary confinement.
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James Gatdet Dak when he was in detention (Twitter)
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He had been sentenced to death but the sentence was halted when the country signed a peace deal.
His family has been exiled to Sweden as he undergoes trial in Khartoum.
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