This archive report was first published on 30 August 2019.
On August 27, 2019, the Ministry of Interior in South Sudan issued a deportation order for 16 Kenyans, who were working for a private security company, Insight Security.
The order came just days after the company failed to resolve a pay dispute with its guards, who had downed their tools in June 2019 after the company allegedly failed to pay them in US dollars.
According to Thiik Thiik Mayardit, the Juba deputy mayor, the Kenyans were given 72 hours to pay all dues owed to the government and their employees, and then leave the country.
The company, Insight Security, was closed down last week on allegations that it exploited local workers and had not paid taxes.
Two of the company's senior administrators were briefly detained in Juba last Wednesday but later released.
