This man Bitok: Education PS at centre of secret passport pipeline linking Kenya to Sudan's militia fighters

It has emerged that Kenya’s immigration officials aided one of Sudan’s most powerful warlords to secure a Kenyan passport to facilitate his movements internationally while evading existing sanctions. [File, Standard]

The ghosts of the shocking scheme that handed Kenyan identification documents to fighters linked to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), suspected international terrorists and other shadowy individuals have now drawn former Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok into the centre of the scandal.

As the individuals continue to enjoy services tied to Kenyan IDs and passports, the silence from senior government officials implicated in the scheme remains deafening, with accountability taking a back seat.