As war rages in S. Sudan, some families are comfy in Kenya; legislators want to change that

NAIROBI, Kenya – Even as millions of South Sudan citizens face the violence of war, disease and hunger, families of the country's top political leaders live in the safety and comfort of neighboring Kenya's posh Nairobi suburbs.

Now some Kenyan legislators want those families sent back to South Sudan.

Six Kenyan legislators are asking the president to urge the African Union to slap sanctions on the leaders of South Sudan's warring sides, including the freezing of assets and sending extended family members back to South Sudan.

The legislators say if the families of warring leaders are returned to South Sudan it would press those leaders to reach a peace deal at the negotiating table.

Kenyan Senator Bonny Khalwale said if political leaders apply sanctions South Sudanese leaders "will wake up."