U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Kenya Whistleblower due to Foreign Sovereign Immunity

On August 29, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the dismissal by the U.S. District Court of a lawsuit by a Kenyan whistleblower to enforce his whistleblower claim against Kenya for monetary rewards in exchange for information about undisclosed taxes after being admitted to the U.S. as a refugee.  One of the appellate judges dissented.