There are 1,300 Kenyans serving jail terms in other countries and
more than 2,000 foreigners in ours,
Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma has said.
Out of the number,
47 are in Uganda, 79 in Tanzania and 15 in Ethiopia.
"There is nothing unusual about Kenyans being in foreign jails particularly if processed following due process,' Juma said when she addressed media on Thursday.
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The CS said the
government is doing all it can to bring the inmates to serve their sentences
at home.
"Our Kenyan embassies are providing consular services to all the 1300 inmates," she said.
Juma said Kenya has engaged in
intense negotiations with Saudi Arabia in terms of safety of our citizens.
"We have signed labour agreement that protects our citizens," she said.
In regards to human trafficking, the CS said it is true EAC has been vulnerable to transit in human trafficking.
It is estimated 500 million people are trafficked by criminal networks across the World.
But Juma said the commissioning of Busia One-Stop Border Post
will play a key role in ensuring such crime does not occur.
"The border one will also
help the never-ending wrangles between Kenyan and Ugandan traders," Juma said.
Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) opened the
One-Stop Border Post last month, amid concerns that clearing agents will be rendered jobless.
The
post is one of the measures Kenya has taken to ease movement of goods and people within the EAC region.
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