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December 5, 2016 (NAIROBI) - Kenyan police arrested 40 South Sudanese refugees heading to Kakuma refugee camp, eyewitnesses said Monday. South Sudanese refugees at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, on 17 February 2014 (ST) Those arrested were reportedly blocked from crossing designated checkpoints at Kainuk, Kapenguria and Kakuma Lodwar roads. Some of police officers allegedly demanded as much Ksh10, 000 to free those detained, claims Sudan Tribune could not easily verify. According to Ayuen Mabior, Kenyan police detained people who had been cleared by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). Mabior, who spent five years in custody, further disclosed that majority of the South Sudanese arrested by were children women. Both the Kenyan government and South Sudan authorities are yet to comments on the arrest of refugees by Kenyan law enforcement agents. (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence- No inappropriate or offensive language- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks- No deviation from the topic of the article- No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible commentsDue to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. 6 DECEMBER 09:11, BY Eastern...... Kenya is not a safe sanctuary to South Sudanese; be ware! -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqSwfadr%3DAUW4J6YY_nfrOzijksRXWGPEwu5eC%3D2ni5hg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
