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The Ministry of Labor through the National Employment Authority (NEA) has opened applications for Kenyan nurses seeking to work in the United Kingdom.
This follows the signing of a bilateral agreement for collaboration in the healthcare workforce between Kenya and the UK, which allows Kenyan…
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The United Kingdom has retained Kenya on its travel ban list amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
Media outlets in the UK had projected that Kenya would be moved from the red list to the amber list, which does not require hotel quarantine on arrival in the UK. In the updated list, only India…
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Kenyan authorities have deported Turkish businessman Harun Aydin, who is associated with Deputy President William Ruto.
Aydin was removed from the country on Monday following his arrest on Saturday over allegations of funding terrorism activities.
The foreigner was part of Ruto’s entourage to…
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1,649 members of the Shona community have been issued with Kenyan citizenship certificates as part of the government’s strategy to end statelessness.
The documents were issued by Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i at Windsor Hotel in Kiambu on Wednesday.
Speaking during the function, CS…
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South Sudan nationals will no longer be required to obtain a visa to enter Kenya effective immediately.
This comes after the government waived the requirement of obtaining a visa for South Sudan citizens with valid passports.
Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the move is in line with…
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About 500 Kenyan girls trafficked to India are facing arrest in the latest crackdown targeting illegal immigrants.
India’s Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all the 29 states and seven union territories to track down foreigners who have been in the country illegally since January 1st,…
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Kenya has been retained on the list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the UK over COVID-19 fears.
Kenya remained on the UK “red list” that was updated last week amid worries about the spread of new coronavirus variants. The UK government added Kenya to the travel ban list…
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A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered an end to an Obama-era program that prevented the deportations of some immigrants brought into the United States as children, putting new pressure for action on President Joe Biden and Democrats who now control Congress.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen…
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Nearly 100 Kenyans have died in Gulf countries in the past two years, the government has said.
Appearing before a parliament committee on Tuesday, Labor Principal Secretary Peter Tum said 93 Kenyans have passed away in the Middle East since 2019.
He told National Assembly’s Labor and Social Welfare…
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104 Ethiopian nationals were on Monday arrested from a house in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
The foreigners were intercepted by officers from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit following a tip-off from members of the public.
Kiambu DCIO Dorothy Migarusha, who led the operation, said the Ethiopians were…
