{"id":27022,"date":"2016-07-19T01:07:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T01:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/lobby-wants-kenya-to-exit-commonwealth\/"},"modified":"2016-07-19T01:07:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T01:07:58","slug":"lobby-wants-kenya-to-exit-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/lobby-wants-kenya-to-exit-commonwealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobby wants Kenya to exit Commonwealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The Pan-African Movement Kenyan Chapter claims that being in the commonwealth, Kenya\u2019s sovereignty has been threatened.}<\/p>\n<p>A lobby group is seeking to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to pull Kenya out of the British Commonwealth of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The Pan-African Movement Kenyan Chapter claims that being in the commonwealth, Kenya\u2019s sovereignty has been threatened.<\/p>\n<p>The group says the Commonwealth parent state, Britain, is not giving Kenya the opportunities it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommonwealth is the expression of the will of a superior directed to the inferior, a kind of a master and a dog relationship, dictating local business, economic decisions and government,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n<p>The group claims the Commonwealth of Nations is entrenched only to benefit the British corporations and multinationals that do not reciprocate.<\/p>\n<p>It also notes that economic and geopolitical disparities between Kenya and its former colonial master has caused inequalities in distribution of wealth and economy.<\/p>\n<p>{{No free movement }} <\/p>\n<p>The group says: \u201cThere is no free movement of capital, movement of people and labour from Kenya to Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain has been creating barriers for Kenyans wishing to enter Britain by imposing visa bans, expensive and restrictive visa applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group now wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to spearhead the withdrawal of Kenya\u2019s membership from the British Commonwealth of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal should be done through a referendum, parliamentary mechanism, action by the Executive, or through the Judiciary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13628 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/queen-2.jpg\" alt=\"A handout image released on April 20, 2016, shows (left-right) Britain&#039;s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth II, Britain&#039;s Prince George, and Britain&#039;s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge smiling during a photo shoot for the Royal Mail in 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham in London. A lobby group is seeking to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to pull Kenya out of the British Commonwealth of Nations.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Pan-African Movement Kenyan Chapter claims that being in the commonwealth, Kenya\u2019s sovereignty has been threatened.} A lobby group is seeking to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to pull Kenya out of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Pan-African Movement Kenyan Chapter claims that being in the commonwealth, Kenya\u2019s sovereignty has been threatened. 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