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COMMUNITY

what accommodation they had, of
which they explained that all their
travel arrangements were done by a
travel agency since they had never
visited Kenya before and that they
seems to only point to how it relates were expecting their agent to come
with the outside world in regard for them at the airport. Obviously,
to aid and loans, rather than how the immigration officer would have
it reflects mutual respect among none of it. I watched her face and
couple of years ago, I member states and unity at home. could see this horrible disdain for
these West Afrikan guys and a very
happened to be at Jomo As I waited for my visa to be pro- unkind show of an ‘I-am-the-boss’
Kenyatta International cessed, a couple of young travelers kind of attitude that was both imma-
A Airport (JKIA) as I was from Ghana arrived and were also ture and unprofessional and most
returning to kenya from a trip to waiting to be processed. There importantly, un-motherly, if there is
Nigeria. was a bit of an argument between
the travelers and an immigration such a word. And mind you I am a
Something happened at arrivals that officer. She appeared to be the Nigerian and was also coming from
Nigeria, a west Afrikan country, so I
really got me very upset. It also got boss of the other officers on duty. was also dealing with some unnec-
me wondering what really is the use The issue was that the travelers essary profiling in which I was made
of the Afrikan Union, whose unity from Ghana were asked about

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