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Let's embrace humane immigration system

Kenyans living abroad are increasingly becoming nervous and I don’t blame them. Immigration politics and policies are becoming toxic, hate-based and fearful. A new wave of anti-immigration and xenophobic laws are emerging in countries they live in. On top of this, recent announcements of deadlines for e-passport acquisition, DNA collection for national identity cards and the 2019 census suggest big changes are coming that could affect their rights as Kenyan citizens. 

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