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Ken Macharia avoids detention but ‘the fight isn't over,’ team warns
Ken Macharia (front right), Bristol Bisons captain Murray Jones and the team leave Bridgewater Police Station today

GAY rugby player and asylum-seeker Ken Macharia was not detained yesterday when he reported into Bridgewater police station as ordered to do so after the Home Office rejected his asylum claim.

Macharia has spent the last three years battling the Home Office to stay in Britain. Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s department, which recently updated its social media logos with the rainbow flag, appears determined to deport Macharia to Kenya, where people convicted of homosexual activity face up to 14 years in prison.

 

To the sound of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Am What I Am’ rugby player Ken Macharia flanked by his LGBTQ+ team @bisonsrfc arrives at a police centre. Ken’s been told he won’t be detained today but still faces being sent back to Kenya where being gay is illegal #C4News pic.twitter.com/GgEE9h9Vk1

— Minnie Stephenson (@MinnieStephC4) June 6, 2019
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