60 Ugandans Arrested in Nakuru for Financial Constraints During Special Prayers Travel
On Monday, May 2, police arrested approximately sixty Ugandan nationals in Nakuru County on suspicion of human trafficking.
According to preliminary police reports, the foreigners were en route to a religious event in Nyamatong, Ethiopia.
The Ugandan nationals were detained due to their lack of travel documents and illegal entry into the country.
Were Simiyu, deputy county commissioner of Nakuru East, reported that the Ugandan foreigners on an international trip lacked valid travel documents.
Maxwell Agoro, commander of the Mvita Sub-County Police, speaks with some of the forty Jordanians arrested in Mombasa’s Marikiti neighborhood.
“Police officers on patrol in Nakuru arrested the Ugandan nationals because they lacked proper clearance documents from the Immigration department,” Simiyu told reporters.
26 minors were among the arrested Ugandan nationals.
Isaac Adile, one of the suspects, revealed that they left Eastern Uganda on Sunday, April 30, 2023, and became stranded at the Nakuru bus terminal after running out of money.
“We were waiting for our pastor, Isaac, to send us additional funds to facilitate our trip to Ethiopia for a week of evangelism on behalf of Christ Disciples Church before returning to Uganda,” he explained.
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The police became suspicious of the group of foreigners, according to Simiyu, after discovering that they could not communicate clearly in Kiswahili.
The police will only allow them to continue their journey if they produce valid travel documents, he added.
This was not the first time that foreign nationals had been arrested in Kenya; on September 8, 2022, forty Jordanians who had been arrested in Mombasa were deported by immigration officers.
The police arrested the 40 Jordanians on the streets of Mombasa on Sunday, September 4, 2022. After receiving a tip from locals.
In a separate incident, 15 Chinese nationals were arrested in the South C neighborhood of Nairobi. On September 19, 2022 for allegedly engaging in prostitution.
According to the Immigration Department, the arrested Chinese nationals were operating a brothel on the estate.
Nationals of East African Community (EAC) member states. May enter Kenya or Uganda without a visa and with a national identification card instead of a passport.
Passport, visa, and yellow fever vaccination certificate, according to the Immigration Department.
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