The Immigration Department s in the process to deport 15 Chinese nationals arrested in Nairobi on suspicion that they were engaging in prostitution.
The Immigration Department says the foreigners were discovered at a brothel in South C estate.
BREAKING:
15 Chinese were arrested by Immigration officers @DCI_Kenya this morning in South C estate BROTHEL, it’s believed they have been engaging in Prostitution. They are being processed for deportation. Cc. @GKihalangwa @InteriorKE #AskImmigrationKE @TheStarKenya pic.twitter.com/R4bmu5DWRV— Immigration Kenya. (@ImmigrationDept) September 19, 2018
“The Kenyan Penal Code does not criminalise sex work. However, it criminalises third parties who live on the earnings of prostitution. The Penal Code defines two types of offences with respect to sex work, namely “living on the earnings of prostitution” and “soliciting or importuning for immoral purposes,” a report from the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) reads.
The arrest of the 15 Chinese nationals comes just days after another arrest and deportation of a man who was caught on video in a racist rant on Kenyans.
This was followed by Chinese road contractor arraigned for allegedly operating an illegal tea processing plant at a construction site.
He Zhifhang was charged on three counts alongside his accomplice Mary Wanjiku.
They were charged with operating a processing plant not registered by the Kenya Tea Board (KTB), engaging in business without a valid work permit and failing to produce business license on demand by the police.
The arrests and subsequent deportation of foreigners intensified in July after a directive from Interior CS Fred Matiang’i over illegal immigrants.