Kenya’s former justice minister Martha Karua was deported from Tanzania after being detained at Dar es Salaam’s airport, Kenyan officials said on Sunday [oai_citation:19‡bbc.com](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdynd8l4pqo#:~:text=4%20hours%20ago). Karua and two Kenyan lawyers had traveled to Tanzania to observe the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu, but Tanzanian authorities detained them and prepared to send them back to Kenya without clear explanation [oai_citation:20‡the-star.co.ke](https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-05-18-kenya-moves-to-intervene-in-karuas-detention#:~:text=Principal%20Secretary%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs,Nyerere%20International%20Airport%20in%20Tanzania) [oai_citation:21‡kenyanews.go.ke](https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/multipurpose-hall-class-room-commissioned-at-nandi-hills-comprehensive-primary-school/#:~:text=Nandi%20County%20Director%20of%20Education,East%20Sub%20County%2C%20Nandi%20County).