IMMIGRATION NEWS

A Kenyan medical doctor has expressed her frustration with the United States embassy in Nairobi over delays in visa appointments. Elizabeth Amakove Wala wrote an open letter to the incoming American ambassador to Kenya Margaret Whitman highlighting her case after her daughter qualified for a global…

Former presidential aspirant Peter Gichira has questioned Roots Party presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah’s eligibility to vie for the presidency in the August 9th general elections. Through his lawyers, Gichira has written to the British High Commission in Nairobi seeking to establish…

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has issued an apology for the delay in the issuance of visas to Kenyans seeking to travel to the United Kingdom. Through social media on Saturday, Marriott said the delay has not only affected Kenya but also other countries, and urged Kenyans looking…

A Nairobi court has ordered the extradition of a Kenyan fugitive wanted in the United Kingdom for sexually molesting children. Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo granted a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions to extradite Anthony Kamau alias Antony Kinute alias Antony Kinuthia Kamau to the UK…

Kenyan fugitive Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh has been extradited to the United States to face charges of trafficking in narcotics and wildlife. The 64-year-old suspect was extradited to the US on Thursday night aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight destined to New York, according to the Directorate of…

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that immigrants with removal proceedings have no right to seek their release on bond, irrespective of how long they may be detained. The apex court overturned a lower court's ruling that held that Antonio Arteaga-Martinez, a Mexican national, could get a bond…

Zimbabwean authorities are preparing to deport six Kenyan nationals who were arrested last week on charges of entering the country illegally through its porous border with South Africa. Musa Abdullahi Hussein (44), Mohamed Abdille (43), Ali Mohamed Abdi (37), Hussein Harun Bullo (34), Muhamed…

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin Haji is set to appeal the High Court’s decision to release a Kenyan fugitive who is wanted in the United States for money laundering. Abdulrahman Imran Juma, who has been in custody since his arrest in December, was last week granted a bond of Sh1…

Popular human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has blasted the US Embassy in Nairobi for allegedly refusing to grant a bereaved Kenyan woman an expedited visa interview.  Through Facebook on Tuesday, Mwangi said the mother needed to travel to the US to attend the burial of her daughter but the…

Police in Nairobi are holding a suspected serial fraudster who has allegedly been targeting foreign nationals. George Onyango Handa was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives attached to the Department of Immigration for swindling foreign nationals and giving them…