The UK government is reviewing its policy for people entering or transiting the country, and some individuals suspected of being involved in violence in the wake of Kenya’s elections in December 2007 may be on the list of those banned. Some 20 people have been refused entry since 2006, UK High Commissioner to Kenya, Robert Macaire, told a press conference Tuesday 4 August. “We are looking at our policy to conform to the global policy not to allow people who incite to violence from entering our country,” His comments followed a meeting with Kenya’s immigration minister. Macaire says most of those banned are business people who are suspects in corruption cases.
According to AllAfrica/DailyNation, his remarks come “in the wake of heightened activity” at the ICC (International Criminals Court) in The Hague, as it reviews the report of Kenya’s Waki Commission, which investigated the violence.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 5 August 2009.
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