Refugees in the Kakuma and Dadaab will soon be evicted from the camps as the government has said it plans to shut the two camps down.
Kenya currently hosts more than 600, 000 refugees mostly in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps making them the hugest camps in the African continent.
According to KBC radio, on Friday, the government announced plans to close down the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps as soon as possible, the move the government says has been necessitated by the continuous security threats the country gets itself in by hosting refugees
In a statement sent to newsrooms, interior PS, Karanja Kibicho said that despite having signed a tripartite agreement with the government of Somalia and the United Nations on how to undertake the process gradually, the prevailing circumstances have forced it to reconsider its stand in hosting the refugees as well as the process of repatriation.
The government also announced an end to host more refugees in the country.
While acknowledging the impact the move might have on the refugees, the government called on the international community to support the initiative so that the plans of closing down the camps is expedited.
According to media reports, Kenya has hosted refugees for nearly 25 years.