Nairobi, September 7- Hundreds of Burundian nationals living in Kenya have flocked to the Burundi Embassy along Dennis Pritt Road in Nairobi to obtain passports, emergency travel documents and other paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The large turnout comes amid uncertainty following President William Ruto\u2019s recent directive targeting foreigners operating small businesses in Kenya. Some Burundians have reportedly been preparing to return home, while others are seeking travel documents as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police have urged Kenyans not to harass foreigners suspected of operating businesses illegally, saying there have been no reports of a mass exodus of Burundians, Rwandans or Congolese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing\u2019oei has also clarified that Kenya remains open to foreign traders and workers who have valid documentation, permits and licences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, September 7- Hundreds of Burundian nationals living in Kenya have flocked to the Burundi Embassy along Dennis Pritt Road in Nairobi to obtain passports, emergency travel documents and other paperwork. The large turnout comes amid uncertainty following President William Ruto\u2019s recent directive targeting foreigners operating small businesses in Kenya. Some Burundians have reportedly been preparing to return home, while others are seeking travel documents as a precaution. Police have urged Kenyans not to harass foreigners suspected of operating businesses illegally, saying there have been no reports of a mass exodus of Burundians, Rwandans or Congolese. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing\u2019oei has also clarified that Kenya remains open to foreign traders and workers who have valid documentation, permits and licences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4139,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}