Yassin Juma opts to stay in Ethiopia after being set free
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma.
What you need to know:
- Mr Juma has however decided to stay in Addis Ababa, with his friends.
Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma who had been controversially detained in Ethiopia, is free to return home.
Mr Juma, who later contracted Covid-19, was on Thursday freed from an isolation centre after he completed 14 days mandatory confinement.
The Kenyan Embassy in Ethiopia said Juma, whose real name is Collins Juma Osemo, was "free to return home" after his release from police custody and from Woreda 7 Health Centre, where he was in isolation.
"Juma was discharged on Wednesday 26th August 2020, following appeals from Kenyans and the intervention of the government which was spearheaded by the Embassy in Addis Ababa.
"At the time of discharge, he had completed the mandatory 14-day isolation," a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
Mr Juma has however decided to stay in Addis Ababa, with his friends.
Officials of the Embassy in Addis Ababa, while visiting him to check on his welfare, at Woreda 7 Health Centre, were informed by the health worker that in keeping with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) guidelines all asymptomatic patients are “deemed cured” after the mandatory 14 days of isolation.
