IMMIGRATION NEWS

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 Fred Matiang’i to commence the process of recognizing Nubians as a tribe within three…

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 21 years since I first came to Kenya and 6 years since I applied for my Kenyan…

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 officials in Canada and Germany have been directed to furnish the fiery political…

Canadian businessman Asif Amirali Alibhai Jetha has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by a Mombasa court for human trafficking. Jetha was found guilty of three offenses: trafficking 12 women of Nepalese descent, promoting trafficking in persons, and interfering with travel documents. Senior…

Kenya and South Africa on Tuesday formed a joint presidential taskforce to resolve visa-related restrictions between the two countries. The team is expected to look into visa issues affecting the two countries and report to President Kenyatta and his South Africa counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa within…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna says officials at the Kenyan Embassy in Berlin have refused to issue him with an emergency travel document as directed by the court. On Monday, High Court judge Hedwig Ong’udi directed Miguna to obtain a one-way emergency travel certificate from the Kenyan High Commission in…

Registration for the green card lottery program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023)  ends on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 12pm EST. Nationals of eligible countries around the world have seven days to register for the lottery, which started on October 6, 2021. The program makes available up to 50,…

Police in Athi River, Machakos County are detaining 131 Ethiopian nationals for allegedly being in the country illegally. The foreigners were arrested on Friday night in an operation conducted by a multi-agency team comprising of officers from the National Police Service and Transnational Organized…

President Kenyatta says plans are underway to introduce new identification cards with a microchip feature. Kenyatta said the new IDs are part of the ongoing digitization efforts by the government in order to eliminate the use of false identities by criminals and fraud.  “Digitization aims to…

Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has announced he will be traveling to Canada to bring back lawyer Miguna Miguna, who was deported in 2018. Mutunga in a statement on Wednesday said he will return to the country with Miguna on November 16th as he condemned the government for disobeying court…