Outrage as Chinese Nationals Exit Kenya in Masses

Outrage as Chinese government move to evacuate its nationals from Kenya with the first 200 people having left the country Tuesday 11 June over Covid-19 fear.

It has been reported that about 400 Chinese nationals purchased their tickets on Sunday 14 June to leave the country but due to social-distancing rule, all of them could not fit in the China Southern Airlines plane that only carried 200 people.

“The remaining 200 will leave in the course of the week. We were expecting all of them to leave at once, but considering the social-distance rule and the new sitting arrangement, they could not leave at once,” reads Chinese lawyer Isaac Okinyo’s statement.

According to their Lawyer, the final arrangements to evacuate the Chinese nationals we’re reached into after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the lawyer the go-ahead to evacuate his clients.

Lawyer Isaac also stated that his clients had earlier requested their embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to let them leave the country but they were denied the chance.

Okinyo further stated that after his clients were denied the chance to leave the country he was forced to move to the High Court, where he obtained an order directing the Kenyan government to allow his clients to leave, claiming that Kenya’s health system does not have the capacity to handle the pandemic that has sent the entire globe into panic.

The lawyer further served the Foreign Affairs ministry with the order from Justice Weldon Korir and he received no-objection from the ministry on Saturday evening.

“We received a no objection response and all the arrangements were concluded on Sunday,” he stated.

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