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EACC investigators worked with an agent who was facilitating 78 migrant workers headed to the Middle East.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested three Ministry of Labour officials stationed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for allegedly extorting agents handling migrant workers travelling to the Middle East.
The arrests, made on 30th November 2025, followed a report alleging that the officers routinely solicited and received bribes from agents before clearing migrant workers for travel.
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