Matiang’i reveals how foreign drug dealers have confused Nairobi girls

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has warned foreign drug dealers residing in the country that their days are numbered.

Speaking during a meeting with regional security heads at the School of Government in Kabete, the CS stated that drug dealers have flocked the country and are now confusing Kenyan girls.

“Drug dealers have come to Nairobi and they have confused our girls. They live with them and when police come to arrest them (drug dealers), they claim they are married to a Kenyan.

“Marriage cannot be by word of mouth or by correspondence or by pretense. Marriage has to be proved by law,” he stated.

Matiang’i also warned that from now henceforth, issuance of student visas will be strict and those who wish to study in the country will need a recommendation letter from Vice-Chancellors of their respective universities.

Recently, 60 foreigners were hounded out of the country after it emerged that they were in Kenya illegally.

The CS also cracked the whip on 28 immigration officials who were accused of irregular issuance of passports.

The influx of foreigners has left the Interior Ministry with a bad taste in the mouth and stringent measures are being put in place to curb the situation.

According to Matiang’i, from now henceforth, no one will apply for a work permit while they are in Kenya.

“If you have a job or you have applied for a job and you are coming to Kenya to work with a regional office or an international company, you will apply for the permit where you are,” said the CS.

Foreigners in the country had been asked to update their details by July 21, 2018, but records at the ministry indicate that around 3,815 of them did not comply with the order.