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– British correspondent expelled from Kenya without explanation (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 8, 2017

Based in Nairobi for the past five years, British correspondent Jerome Starkey was detained without explanation at Nairobi airport on his return from a visit to the United Kingdom in December 2016 and was put on a flight back to London the next day.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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