Illegal immigrants from Ethiopia crowded inside a single room at a house in Ngong Town on June 23, 2010. In the past one week, administration and regular police have apprehended 140 foreigners. Photo/FILE
Police in North Eastern Province arrested more than 3,000 illegal immigrants last year.
Area PC James 0le Seriani said 50 suspects, some with Israeli passports, were among those arrested for alleged involvement in terrorism.
In the past one week, administration and regular police have apprehended 140 foreigners.
They include 51 Ethiopians and four of their Kenyan accomplices arrested in Wajir, 50 in Lagdera, 34 in Garissa and five in Mandera.
Mr Seriani said that the government sacked 31 regular and administration officers, including a deputy commissioner of police, for aiding foreigners travelling to Nairobi without legal documents.
He said a chief in Masalani was sacked after being convicted of the same offence. He added that several Kenyans were also arrested and their vehicles impounded by police for ferrying illegal immigrants.
The administrator noted that the foreigners had devised new ways and routes that had been uncovered by the security officials.
The new routes include Dadaab-Modogashe-Banane ‘cutline’ en-route to Merti in Isiolo and the Masalani Bridge.
He said security committees in these areas had been put on high alert.
Mr Seriani explained the provincial security team was working closely with their counterparts in Eastern and Coast provinces to secure all entry points to contain influx of illegal immigrants.
By: KNA (Kenyan daily nation)
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