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Gay rugby player threatened with deportation calls on government to uphold defence of LGBT people
Ken Macharia (centre) with supporters (left to right) Gareth Williams, Joseph Butler, Murray Jones and Przemek Szczodry from the Bristol Bisons rugby team

A GAY rugby player is calling on Home Secretary Sajid Javid to prevent his deportation to Kenya where he will likely face prosecution because of his sexuality. 

Ken Macharia, 39, has lived in Britain since 2009 when he came to study a masters degree at the University of West England, Bristol. 

The Home Office rejected his asylum claim in 2016, claiming Kenya is a safe place for LGBT people despite the fact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warns British travellers to the country that “homosexual activity is illegal.”

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