The government has launched an operation to weed out foreigners who are working in the country illegally.
Interior
CS Fred Matiang'i Friday said a scrutiny will be conducted in 60 days
after which a swoop would be carried out to remove those who do not
desire to be in the country.
Dr Matiang’i said the 60 days would allow the verification of the foreigners who are working legally and be given new permits.
Dr
Matiang'i said official government record shows that there are 34,000
foreigners working in Kenya but “we know that is not true the real
figure is that there are probably over 100,000 which means there are
people doing jobs that Kenyans can do".
Electronic permit
“From
today going forward we are going to give an electronic work permit
card. We will give a window of 60 days to give a card to everyone who is
supposed to be working in Kenya genuinely,” said Dr Matiang’i.
Speaking
during a meeting with members of the parliamentary committee on
National Security and Administration at Flamingo Hotel in Shanzu,
Mombasa, Dr Matiang’i said the operation will affect individual workers
as well as their employers.
“We are
going to tighten the process of issuance of those permits. The process
is now changing radically beginning now so that we clean this thing once
and for all.
"The system is going to
end up with the digital register that can be searched at any point in
time on who he is allowed to work in the country,” he said.
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