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Kenya Immigration Director Blames Delays in Passport Processing on Printer Maintenance
Immigration

Kenya Immigration Director Blames Delays in Passport Processing on Printer Maintenance

Immigration Director-General Alexander Muteshi has admitted that there have been delays in the processing of passports over the past few weeks. Muteshi told Nation that the delays in the issuance of passports were cau…

Mar 25, 2022
Russian Gov’t Lifts Ban on Travelers from Kenya
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Russian Gov’t Lifts Ban on Travelers from Kenya

Kenyans are now free to travel to Russia following the lifting of a ban imposed on Kenya in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020. The Russian Embassy in Kenya on Tuesday announced the country has reopened i…

Mar 22, 2022
Nigerian Nationals Decry Harassment and Extortion by Police at JKIA
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Nigerian Nationals Decry Harassment and Extortion by Police at JKIA

Nigerians have taken to social media to decry what they termed as harassment and extortion at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Through Twitter, several Nigerian nationals shared their nasty experiences…

Mar 14, 2022
Kenya Exports 39,000 Labor Migrants in 2021
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Kenya Exports 39,000 Labor Migrants in 2021

Labor and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui says Kenya exported at least 39,000 labor migrants in 2021. Chelugui, who spoke during a graduation ceremony for Information Technology students at the Nati…

Mar 12, 2022
Senator Says ICE Secretly Collected Data of Money Transfers Sent to and from the US
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Senator Says ICE Secretly Collected Data of Money Transfers Sent to and from the US

US Senator Ron Wyden has called for an investigation after it emerged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents obtained money transfer records of millions of people for at least 12 years without a warrant…

Mar 9, 2022
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Sonko Reacts to Ban Barring Him and His Family from Entering the US
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Sonko Reacts to Ban Barring Him and His Family from Entering the US

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has released a statement after he was banned from setting foot in the United States. The US State Department declared Sonko a persona non grata alongside his wife Primrose Mbuvi, his…

Mar 8, 2022
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and His Family Banned from Traveling to the US
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Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and His Family Banned from Traveling to the US

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his immediate family members have been banned from traveling to the US over graft allegations. The ban was announced on Tuesday by Counselor for Public Affairs at the US Embassy…

Mar 8, 2022
Qatar Shuts Down 12 Kenyan Recruitment Agencies
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Qatar Shuts Down 12 Kenyan Recruitment Agencies

Qatar has shut down 12 Kenyan employment agencies that were found to have violated the law. The closure of the agencies follows pressure from both the Kenyan government and trade unions to ensure better treatment of m…

Feb 21, 2022
Biden Administration Proposes Limiting Consideration of Public Benefits for Green Card Applications
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Biden Administration Proposes Limiting Consideration of Public Benefits for Green Card Applications

The Biden administration plans to introduce new regulations that would offer relief to immigrants depending on public benefits and trying to obtain legal status. The proposed rules limit the number of public benefits…

Feb 20, 2022
108 Ethiopian Nationals Rescued from a One-Room House in Kiambu
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108 Ethiopian Nationals Rescued from a One-Room House in Kiambu

Detectives from the Transnational and Organized Crime unit have rescued 108 Ethiopian nationals suspected to be victims of human trafficking. Acting on intelligence reports, the detectives based at the Directorate of…

Feb 20, 2022
Dubai Woos Highly Skilled Kenyans with 10-Year Residence Visa
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Dubai Woos Highly Skilled Kenyans with 10-Year Residence Visa

Kenya could soon experience a migration of highly trained individuals such as doctors and scientists to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The wealthy Gulf state is wooing such individuals from Kenya and other parts of t…

Feb 18, 2022
Kenya Extends Deadline for Migration to e-Passport
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Kenya Extends Deadline for Migration to e-Passport

Kenya has extended the deadline for phasing out the old-generation passport to November 2022. Director-General of Immigration Services Alexander Muteshi announced the extension through a press release on Friday. Mutes…

Jan 21, 2022
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44 Juveniles Among 91 Illegal Immigrants Arrested at a House in Kitengela
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44 Juveniles Among 91 Illegal Immigrants Arrested at a House in Kitengela

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 91 Ethiopian nationals for being in the country illegally. The 91 foreigners, including 55 adults and 44 juveniles, were found in a house…

Jan 10, 2022
Holders of Kenyan Passports Barred from 40 Countries over Covid-19
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Holders of Kenyan Passports Barred from 40 Countries over Covid-19

The number of countries that holders of the Kenyan passport cannot access has dropped to 40 from 43 in October and 54 in July last year. The Henley Passport Index, which regularly monitors the world’s most travel-frie…

Jan 5, 2022
Dubai Bans All Passenger Flights Arriving from Kenya
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Dubai Bans All Passenger Flights Arriving from Kenya

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has indefinitely suspended all inbound flights from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria due to COVID-19 concerns. The directive announced by the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Dis…

Dec 26, 2021
US Issues Holiday Security Warning for Kenya Ahead of Christmas
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US Issues Holiday Security Warning for Kenya Ahead of Christmas

The United States has issued a holiday security alert for citizens planning to visit Kenya and those in the country. In a notice dated December 20th, the US Embassy in Nairobi said there was the potential for increase…

Dec 21, 2021
Kenya Added to the UAE Red List over Omicron Variant
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Kenya Added to the UAE Red List over Omicron Variant

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has placed Kenya on its red alert list following the detection of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. As a result, persons traveling to the Gulf state from Kenya will face stricter trave…

Dec 16, 2021
MPs Want Nubians Recognized as a Tribe in Kenya
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MPs Want Nubians Recognized as a Tribe in Kenya

The National Assembly’s Administration and National Security Committee has endorsed a petition seeking to have the Nubian community recognized as a tribe in Kenya. The committee directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Fre…

Dec 10, 2021
"Najivunia Kuwa Mkenya": Israel-Born Musician Gilad Millo Acquires Kenyan Citizenship
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"Najivunia Kuwa Mkenya": Israel-Born Musician Gilad Millo Acquires Kenyan Citizenship

Israel-born singer Gilad Millo has finally obtained Kenyan citizenship. The ' Sema Milele' hitmaker broke the news through social media on Tuesday, saying he applied for Kenyan citizenship six years ago. “It has been…

Dec 7, 2021
Miguna Dismisses Gov't Ploy to Have Him Fill Forms to Regain Kenyan Citizenship
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Miguna Dismisses Gov't Ploy to Have Him Fill Forms to Regain Kenyan Citizenship

Lawyer Miguna Miguna insists the government must obey a court order to issue him with an emergency travel document. In a letter to Miguna’s attorney Nelson Havi, Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto said Kenyan immigration…

Nov 30, 2021
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