NAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Kenyan Transport Minister Chris Murungaru has identified a team of lawyers who will move to court to appeal against Britain's decision to revoke his visa.

    His lawyer, Paul Muite said Murungaru has written to the Britain Home Office, seeking a formal explanation for the ban.Muite said on Monday that if he receives no reply within two weeks, he and three Britain-based lawyers will move to court. "They now have 14 days to respond. Unless the position is rescinded, we will be filing to the High Court because we have a strong case," Muite, who is also a lawmaker said by telephone.

    Murungaru has said he might sue the British government for "gross libel."

    "I will vigorously defend my human rights, my dignity and integrity in courts of law in Nairobi and any other appropriate jurisdiction," he said.

    An initial letter from Britain said the presence of the Kenyan minister on British soil "would not be conducive to the public good in the light of your character, conduct and associations." The letter said the cancellation of the visa was personally sanctioned by Britain Home Secretary Charles Clarke. "You have no right of appeal against this decision," concludes the letter, dated July 25.

    Murungaru's aid Douglas Kaunda, said the minister was sure he would be justified in British courts.

    "He is confident his rights will be upheld as an individual whose reputation has been brought into disrepute," Kaunda said. "You can't hang someone without saying why. This is mob justice they the British have applied," he added.

    Muite said British officials breached their own laws by failing to give Murungaru details of their concerns or a chance to respond. "The law requires officials to act fairly which they did not in this case," he said.

    He said the team of lawyers representing Murungaru is convinced that the British government has a case to answer.

    Foreign Affairs Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere said the Britain's decision to revoke Murungaru's visa without prior notice or full account of his alleged misdeeds was "unacceptable" and "stinks of colonialism."

    "This approach to me us as a government is totally unacceptable because it not only touches on Murungaru but to any Kenyan. This government should have been informed prior to the ban," Mwak were told a news conference in Nairobi.

    The British government revoked the minister's visa last Wednesday under an existing law but refused to disclose the evidence against him.

    According to an alert circulated to airlines, the British High Commission in Nairobi advised all the airlines that fly to Britain not to carry the minister, even on transit arrangement. Murungaru, 51, is considered one of Kenya's most powerful politicians under President Mwai Kibaki's government. Enditem