On January 10, 2022, a crackdown in Kitengela, Kajiado, led to the arrest of 91 Ethiopian nationals who were in the country illegally.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the immigrants were arrested at a house in the Milimani area on Sunday evening.
"91, (of whom 44 are juveniles) were ferried to the location onboard a trailer and were being held temporarily as the smugglers sought means to sneak them to another country," the DCI stated on its Twitter account.
Police say the immigrants were arrested after an earlier attempt to escape from the house where they had been detained.
The smuggler is still at large, and police are continuing their efforts to apprehend him.
Many Ethiopians are arrested in Kenya as they try to use this route to other countries like Tanzania and South Africa.
