Word: non-citizen
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Dates: during 1968-1968
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...break the Asian hold on trade and semi-skilled jobs, the African-dominated Government required all non-citizens to have working permits and all traders and merchants to have licenses. Discrimination figured in many cases--permits were granted slowly, often for very short periods, and the awarding of licenses openly favored Africans, even if the Asians were citizens. The Government's solution to the "racial problem" was simply to remove most of the Asians. One Kenya minister remarked, "If I were an Asian non-citizen I'd leave tonight." A steady flow of emigrants--perhaps 10-20,000 a year...