Interesting Idea

Maina Kiai, head of the National Commission on Human Rights, had this suggestion on dealing with the situation in Kenya:

"Kiai called on Western powers to revoke visas for members of the Kibaki government, senior members of the civil service and their families as well as opposition figures.

He said this was the only way to push politicians into negotiating an end to Kenya's post-election crisis.

'Bring them back to suffer with us. Maybe then they will be forced into talking to each other,' he said. 'If all visas are revoked you will see movement so fast, you won't believe it. Many of them think "I have a valid visa to the UK. If things get really bad I am off." They need to have the same stakes as us.'"

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