A Chinese restaurant in Kenya that barred black customers from entering after 5pm has been shut down . The owners of the Chongqing Chinese in Nairobi only let taxi drivers or Africans accompanied by Chinese , European or Indian patrons in to eat . They have now been summoned before authorities after it emerged they did not have the proper licence . A Chinese restaurant in Nairobi , which barred black customers after 5pm , has been shut down with its owners summoned before authorities . The restaurant 's rule was brought into place after a robbery in 2013 and was not meant to cause offence , the owners said . 'We do n't admit Africans that we do n't know because you never know who is Al-Shabaab and who is n't , ' restaurant relations manager Esther Zhao told the Daily Nation . But Otiende Amollo , the Ombudsman , said it was both illegal and unconstitutional to discriminate against an individual on the grounds of their race , gender or ethnicity . He said : 'That amounts to racial and ethnic profiling , which is unconstitutional . 'It has in it the inherent assumption that Africans are inevitably pre-disposed to be robbers . ' Residents took to social media to express their anger at being banned from the Chinese using the hashtags # RacistRestaurant , # NoBlacksHere and # TheChineseInvasion . One user Anita Munyasya tweeted : 'Soon we 'll be banned from our own country ... # RacistRestaurant ' Another with the name @ kaytrixx wrote : 'It 's like a visitor at your house ordered you to go and eat in the loo instead of dining table ( sic ) . Who owns the house ? # NoBlacksHere ' And one known just as Ken added : 'Discrimination of any kind is evil may it be based on RACE , ETHNICITY , TRIBE , RELIGION , OPINION or otherwise . # NoBlacksHere ' Residents took to social media to express their anger at being banned from the restaurant using the hashtags # RacistRestaurant , # NoBlacksHere and # TheChineseInvasion . One Kenyan MP even asked the Parliamentary Committee on Security to carry out its own investigation . Nairobi governor Evans Kidero said the restaurant was shut because it did not have the proper licences . He said : 'We have established that the restaurant did not have the licences and I have ordered it closed until the management complies . 'The owners of the restaurant have no change of user from residential to commercial which is a requirement to operate a business in Nairobi . 'As of now the restaurant will remain closed until they comply with all set rules and regulations . We have deployed security officers around the premises . ' But he added : 'All business and service providers must ensure that all customers and clients are treated with respect and dignity , irrespective of race , colour , sex , tribe and religion . ' China 's relationship with Kenya and much of Africa has been seen as being at an all-time high - notably with huge investments in major infrastructure projects . Up to two million Chinese people have moved to Africa in the last 15 years .
Owners of the Chongqing Chinese barred black customers after 5pm . Let taxi drivers or Africans with Chinese , European or Indian patrons in . Recommend0