Matiang'i Orders Deportation of All Illegal Immigrants by November 30th

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has ordered the deportation of all illegal immigrants in the country by November 30th.

Speaking on Friday during a security meeting at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi, Matiang'i gave the Immigration department a three-month ultimatum to flush out illegal foreigners from the country.

 “[In the] next three months, till the end of November, we have to completely get rid of people without valid work permits or passports,” Matiang'i said.

Matiang’i said plans are in top gear to modernize and digitize passport tracking system and work permits in a bid to cut down instances of Immigration officials being compromised. 

“People will no longer have to go Nyayo House to look for passports and other related documents," Matiang’i said adding that the digitization process will concluded by the end of the financial year.

He said immigrants have been exploiting loopholes in the current system to extend their stay in the country.

“There are immigrants who come on tourist visas but dodge their way to stay here [upon expiry of their documents]."

“We believe before they came to our country, they came from somewhere they called home. They must go back there," he declared..

“Those claiming to be married to Kenyans must produce legal marriage certificates," he added.