Safe haven no more? Nightmare of foreigners in Nairobi

 Dr Kizza Besigye

From left: Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu , South Sudan’s Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak, Ugandan politician Kizza Besigye and Tanzanian journalist Maria Sarungi.

Photo credit: Nation Media Group

They all thought that Kenya was a safe haven, following its historical protection of politically persecuted individuals. They were wrong.

In the last four years, at least 50 foreign nationals have been abducted or killed on Kenyan soil following behind-the-curtain deals that threw them to the wolves.