Matiang’i issues ultimatum to illegal foreign workers

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has given foreigners working in the country 60 days to acquire proper work permits.

Matiang’i yesterday said even those with work permits should re-apply to allow the Government to take stock of the foreign workforce in Kenya.

“We cannot allow other people to come into our country and take up jobs that can be done by Kenyans. An institution should prove to us why they need to import expertise from a foreign country,” Matiang’i said in Mombasa at a forum for security organs.