Kenyan police have raided a Chinese brothel suspected to be running illegal activity on the Kenyan capital Nairobi .
Fifteen Chinese nationals were Wednesday arrested from brothels in Nairobi’s South C area for engaging in prostitution. The foreigners are said to have been engaged in the business without work permits.
The police say they were acting on a tip off from the public and took keen measures to arrest the 15 nationals without them escaping.
Officials said more illegal foreign workers will be deported over the next three months after an investigation exposed the dirty tricks they used to gain entry into the country. The workers claimed to have found work even though they did not possess not only genuine job papers but also qualifications.
Already, 30 civil servants have been sacked after they were implicated in the saga, which is said to have allowed some dangerous criminals to hide in the country. More than 60 managers of high-end hotels, businessmen and experts have also been deported after they sneaked into the country in questionable circumstances. Foreigners seeking to come to work in Kenya now have to apply for permits while in their home countries before they obtain visas to travel. A hard copy of the 173-page register has been dispatched to all police stations in the country to ease the process of identifying foreigners allowed to work in the country.
Prostitution in china has now developed to the extent that it comprises an industry, one that involves a great number of people and produces a considerable economic output. Prostitution has also become associated with a number of problems, including organized crime, government corruption and sexually transmitted diseases.