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In the US for 42 yrs, he’s back with just a ‘twang’

One of the men who was deported from the US after spending 42 years in the country ponders his next move at the Jomo Kenyatta Internatonal Airport (JKIA). (Photo: Vincent Achuka/Standard)

A 74-year-old Kenyan who has been in the US for 42 years arrived back home with just the clothes on his back and a brown envelope with phone numbers.

He was among seven Kenyans who have been deported as the US government continues to tighten its noose on immigrants.

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