Monday, June 5, 2023 - Outgoing United Kingdom High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott revealed a plot by former President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime to retaliate against Britain after Kenya was red-listed during the pandemic. Speaking during an interview, Marriott stated that England directed her to ban Kenyan flights from entering the UK following the growing cases…
London air fares jump five times on Kenya travel ban
Summary
The mad rush for plane seats comes days after the Kenyan government banned all flights from the UK, effective April 9 to retaliate a move by London to add the country on its travel ‘red list’.
Travellers arriving in the UK from countries on the ‘red list’ will be denied entry, while returning Britons must submit to 10 days of mandatory quarantine in government-approved hotels at their cost.
Wednesday April 07 2021
By GERALD ANDAE
Summary
The mad rush for plane seats comes days after the Kenyan government banned all flights from the UK, effective April 9 to retaliate a move by London to add the country on its travel ‘red list’.
The decision by the Government of the United Kingdom to Red List Kenya and to stop all travel from Kenya for those resident in Kenya and those transiting through Kenya, to the United Kingdom has been received with regret and disappointment, Kenya s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
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The ministry said that placing Nairobi on the red list was discriminatory, punitive and a threat to bilateral ties with the former colonial power. It said that profiling Kenya as a COVID-19 hotspot and barring its citizens from visiting Britain is likely to impair bilateral ties in diverse spheres like trade, tourism and security.
2021-04-04 09:56:11 GMT2021-04-04 17:56:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, April 4 (Xinhua) The decision by the Government of the United Kingdom to Red List Kenya and to stop all travel from Kenya for those resident in Kenya and those transiting through Kenya, to the United Kingdom has been received with regret and disappointment, Kenya s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued on Saturday evening.
The ministry said that placing Nairobi on the red list was discriminatory, punitive and a threat to bilateral ties with the former colonial power. It said that profiling Kenya as a COVID-19 hotspot and barring its citizens from visiting Britain is likely to impair bilateral ties in diverse spheres like trade, tourism and security.
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