Kenyan Ambassador to Germany Tom Amolo has denied accusations that he was evicted from his home for failing to pay his rent after missing six months of pay.
Amolo responded in a tweet on Friday that he lives in a residence owned by the Kenyan government and hence the charges are incorrect. He also denied missing six months of pay, claiming that the government had paid all envoys on time.
“I have seen unbelievable fiction that I was evicted from Kenya House in Berlin and that we were not paid our salaries.” “First and foremost, the Kenyan government owns Kenya House, so no one can be evicted,” Amolo explained.
Second, our salaries from the foreign office are current; stop and desist, he continued. The reports had been made public by the time Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua spoke before the Defense, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly on Thursday, April 13.
Nelson Koech, the committee’s leader, claimed that numerous envoys had gone without compensation for several months.
“For the previous six months, we have not paid our attachés abroad. Threats of eviction have been made against some of them. They are residing in abject poverty, according to Koech.
He continued by saying that one diplomat had been seen drinking due to late salaries.
“His (the ambassador’s) video clip has been going around. In response, he turned to booze. We must check into this immediately, he continued.
CS Mutua denied the allegations, claiming that his Ministry has dealt with concerns involving salary that Kenyan embassies abroad have run into.