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Gor Semelang'o, who previously served as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund chairman, is reportedly jailed in Dubai following a commercial dispute.

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has called out Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei over the reported detention of Kenyan businessman Gor Semelang’o in Dubai.

In a statement on Sunday, November 9, Miguna demanded answers over Semelang’o’s whereabouts, accusing the government of failing to intervene.

"To Musalia Mudavadi and Sing’oei Korir: Where is Gor Seme Lang’o? Why have you abandoned a Kenyan businessman in the gulags of the lawless United Arab Emirates? How can you allow Gor to be jailed without trial in lawless Dubai?" he said.

Semelang'o, who previously served as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund chairman, is reportedly jailed in Dubai following a commercial dispute.

In a statement on Friday, October 24, lawyer Donald Kipkorir disclosed that Semelang’o’s incarceration stems from a business disagreement involving a Kenyan woman over ownership stakes in a Dubai-based club. 

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"My BFF Gor Semelang’o has been incarcerated in Dubai over a Club Business shareholder dispute with a Kenyan lady. In Dubai, commercial disputes, which are ordinarily civil,are criminal," he said.

File image of Miguna Miguna

Kipkorir said he had already reached out to Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei to help facilitate negotiations aimed at resolving the matter swiftly.

"I have asked our good Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Korir Sing'Oei, to use our diplomatic relations with the UAE to amicably resolve the issue. It is not right for a Kenyan to use the Dubai Legal System against another Kenyan to settle a dispute that is contractual," he added.

Kipkorir also spoke warmly of Semelang’o’s character, describing him as a patriotic Kenyan who made significant contributions to youth empowerment during his tenure in public service.

“Gor Semelang’o is a good man with a big heart. He was the Chairman of the Youth Development Fund during Mwai Kibaki’s Presidency, when the Fund was very effective. And Gor is one of the few Kenyans who has no tribalism in his bones.

"I pray for him. And I am optimistic the PS, who is my friend, will expeditiously bring the matter to a close," he concluded.