Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma has revealed that 1300 Kenyans are serving jail terms in foreign jails across the world.
Speaking during the unveiling of the Kenyan Foreign Policy at the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the CS expressed that the government is committed to securing every citizen whenever they are in the world.
Addressing on the high number of cases of abuse of Kenyans in Arab countries, Ms.Juma said that negotiations were underway with Saudi Arabia counterparts on protections of Kenyans.
"We are committed to secure all Kenyans whenever they are in the world and we will continue developing and negotiating frameworks to protect them wherever they are,” said CS Juma.
The CS condemned human trafficking saying that security forces and nations should work together.
"We encourage intelligence sharing within our region. We are committed to stem all these transnational crimes.We have created a joint border commission to ensure cooperation and tolerance,” she added.
Still on matters relating to security, the Cs said the government is committed to seeing peace and stability preveils among her neighbours.
“Security and stability of Somalia is among the things we will continue looking at. We are optimistic the people of Somalia will chart their own paths and destiny…” she added.