A tweet by President William Ruto not recognizing the Sahrawi Democratic Republic as an independent state has been deleted.
Ruto had stated in a tweet the Kenya has rescinded its decision to recognise Sahrawi as an independent state.
He cancelled the recognition after a meeting with an envoy from Morocco.
The messenger had brought a congratulatory message from His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
"Kenya rescinds its recognition of the SADR and initiates steps to wind down the entity’s presence in the country," Ruto said.
He said bilateral ties between Kenya and Morocco were being strengthened.
"Kenya is accelerating relations with Morocco in areas of trade, agriculture, health, tourism and energy among others," he said.
Further to the revoking, Ruto said Kenya supports the United Nations framework as the exclusive mechanism to find a lasting solution to the dispute over Western Sahara.
The tweet had received mixed reactions from Kenyans with some of them disagreeing with the decision.
Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi said the people of SADR had the right to be recognised.
"On this, I respectfully disagree with President William Ruto. The Sahrawi People of Western Sahara have the right of Peoples to self-determination. Morocco is a colonizing state," he said.
