- Most of the aliens from Ethiopia use the Moyale route and try their luck as they head to South Africa and Middle East oblivious of the dangers ahead.
- Tens of the aliens are usually arrested in various places in the country as they wait to be moved to their next destinations.
At least 10 Ethiopian nationals were nabbed from a house in Taita Taveta while headed for Tanzania, police said.
They told police they were being smuggled to Tanzania through the Taita Taveta border.
Police said the men were locked in a house along Mwarangeenyi- Mumari Sechu Road when they found them.
It is the latest such incident to happen and is connected to a human smuggling syndicate in the region.
Tens of Ethiopians are smuggled in a worrying trend, officials say.
Residents had called police to inform them of the presence of the aliens at the weekend.
They only ventured out for the call of nature and the smuggler behind the incident is yet to be found, police said.
At the Isebania border in Migori, three Egyptians were arrested for trying to cross to Tanzania.
They did not have documents to warrant their being in the country, police said.
They also could not explain their mission to Tanzania and now they are all expected in court on Monday ahead of planned repatriation to their countries.
According to police, most of the aliens from Ethiopia use the Moyale route and try their luck as they head to South Africa and the Middle East oblivious of the dangers ahead.
Tens of the aliens are usually arrested in various places in the country as they wait to be moved to their next destinations.
Police and immigration officials have decried increased cases of Ethiopian aliens nabbed in the country while in transit.
Officials from the Transnational Organised Crime are conducting joint operations to deal with the issue of human smuggling.
Most of those arrested come to Kenya to seek jobs or are in transit.
What is puzzling is how the immigrants manage to evade many police roadblocks mounted from the Moyale border which they use to Nairobi because they travel in groups.
There are more than 20 roadblocks on the stretch, which raises the seriousness of the security agents taming the practice.
As part of efforts to deal with the menace, an Ethiopian national was sentenced to 31 years in prison for trafficking 12 fellow Ethiopian immigrants in Nairobi.
Yibekal Gatachew alias Adinan Mohamed Galano was sentenced by a Kahawa West Law Court on September 7, 2023, following his arrest on November 3, 2021, in Ngumo estate, Nairobi.