Kenya Calls UK Travel Ban ‘Discriminatory’

Kenya has hit out at the UK after it added the east African country to its coronavirus travel 'red list'

Kenya has hit out at the UK after it added the east African country to its coronavirus travel ‘red list’.

In a strongly-worded statement on Saturday, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said the decision was ‘discriminatory’ and lacked ‘logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the pandemic’.

On Friday, the UK announced new travel restrictions against travellers from Kenya saying it had established the South African coronavirus variant was fast spreading locally in the country.

The decision means that Kenyans or anybody transiting through Kenyan airports is banned from setting foot in the UK starting tomorrow (April 9).

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