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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Washington is wielding a visa weapon against prominent Kenyans who have allegedly encouraged weeks of postelection bloodshed, threatening to bar politicians and businessmen from visiting the U.S., America's ambassador said Thursday.
Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said warnings already made to 10 people on all sides of Kenya's political divide had "hit a nerve" among the country's elite and he warned that more people could be targeted over suspicions they have been financing violence.
"There is money changing hands," Ranneberger said in an interview with foreign journalists. "People are paying 4,000 shillings ($60) to burn down a house."
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