Kenya has no capacity to host the swelling number of refugees, a Nairobi magistrate has said. Principal magistrate Anthony Mucigi said the current high number of refugees has over-stretched the country's resources.
He, however, added that it is the right of every refugee to be hosted and taken care of because human rights are fundamental and must be observed. Mucigi was speaking at a three-day workshop which brought together judicial officers, police officers, human rights bodies and the public at Hotel Nyakoe.
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