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ARMENIAN DARES MPS TO EVICT HIM
By Cyrus Ombati
Standard, Kenya
March 16 2006
Mr Artur Margaryan says he is in Kenya to stay and dared MPs Fred
Gumo and Reuben Ndolo to make good their threats to evict him from
his house.
"They should not come after a week, let them come now and if they
want to fight me I will also fight," he said.
Artur Margaryan addresses journalists at the Standard Group offices
at I&M Bank Tower in Nairobi, on Thursday. Pic by Noor Khamis
Margaryan said he was in the country legally and called the two
legislators' threats "a populist" attempt aimed at raising their
profiles. He said Gumo and Ndolo were not policemen or Immigration
officials to order him to leave the country. He said he was a State
witness in a case coming up against MPs Raila Odinga and Kalonzo
Musyoka.
Margaryan said even though he wants protection, the Kenya police was
"a tribal team" incapable of protecting him.
"I love Kenya with volition and I will not run away because I came
here legally," he said.
He claimed Ndolo and Gumo had been bribed to stage a protest outside
his house. The two Nairobi MPs on Wednesday stormed the house of
the man at the centre of the mercenary saga and gave him a one-week
ultimatum to leave the country.
"This is my constituency and the residents have complained over the
presence of these foreigners who are here in the name of investment.
They have to leave within a week," said Gumo.
But speaking to journalists in his compound, Margaryan said he had done
nothing wrong to force him to leave the country. He ushered journalists
into the compound, but warned them against taking any pictures there.
"Don't shoot any other picture other than me. Not even my dog because
you do that I mess up with you," he said.
Margaryan said he and his business partner planned to open up an
investment that would see over 2,000 youths employed. He said he had
no government vehicle as widely reported in the media.
A white Subaru car that had GK registration numbers on Wednesday
had different ones. After talking to the Press, Margaryan left in a
blue Subaru in the company of a woman for a press conference at the
Standard Group offices.
By Cyrus Ombati
Standard, Kenya
March 16 2006
Mr Artur Margaryan says he is in Kenya to stay and dared MPs Fred
Gumo and Reuben Ndolo to make good their threats to evict him from
his house.
"They should not come after a week, let them come now and if they
want to fight me I will also fight," he said.
Artur Margaryan addresses journalists at the Standard Group offices
at I&M Bank Tower in Nairobi, on Thursday. Pic by Noor Khamis
Margaryan said he was in the country legally and called the two
legislators' threats "a populist" attempt aimed at raising their
profiles. He said Gumo and Ndolo were not policemen or Immigration
officials to order him to leave the country. He said he was a State
witness in a case coming up against MPs Raila Odinga and Kalonzo
Musyoka.
Margaryan said even though he wants protection, the Kenya police was
"a tribal team" incapable of protecting him.
"I love Kenya with volition and I will not run away because I came
here legally," he said.
He claimed Ndolo and Gumo had been bribed to stage a protest outside
his house. The two Nairobi MPs on Wednesday stormed the house of
the man at the centre of the mercenary saga and gave him a one-week
ultimatum to leave the country.
"This is my constituency and the residents have complained over the
presence of these foreigners who are here in the name of investment.
They have to leave within a week," said Gumo.
But speaking to journalists in his compound, Margaryan said he had done
nothing wrong to force him to leave the country. He ushered journalists
into the compound, but warned them against taking any pictures there.
"Don't shoot any other picture other than me. Not even my dog because
you do that I mess up with you," he said.
Margaryan said he and his business partner planned to open up an
investment that would see over 2,000 youths employed. He said he had
no government vehicle as widely reported in the media.
A white Subaru car that had GK registration numbers on Wednesday
had different ones. After talking to the Press, Margaryan left in a
blue Subaru in the company of a woman for a press conference at the
Standard Group offices.