Kenya arrests 39 Ethiopians

Police have arrested 39 undocumented immigrants and two human traffickers from Ethiopia near the frontier town of Merille in Kenya’s Samburu County. “They will be charged by Wednesday for being in the country illegally,” Samburu Police Chief Samuel Muthamia told Anadolu Agency by phone on Tuesday. The Ethiopians, who are all believed to be in their 20s, were on their way to Nairobi when police intercepted them. According to police, they had no Ethiopian travel documents but spoke fluent Amharic, Ethiopia’s national language. Continue reading