Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has claimed that a German official at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) denied her permission to go back to Germany, where she is a legally approved refugee.

In a statement on her official social media accounts on Saturday, May 24, Nyanzi claimed that a German International Labour Organisation (ILO) official denied her permission to board her flight, despite her displaying the necessary documentation to show that she is a legal refugee in Germany.

The official, according to Nyanzi, claims that she is 'not a refugee in Germany' and that not even the documents, which have been approved by the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF), can convince him otherwise.

The official, according to Nyanzi, said that she must reapply for re-entry to Germany. "As a Ugandan refugee in Germany, I'm shocked that I have been denied re-entry into Germany by the German ILO in Nairobi, called Constantine.