Tanzania President John Magufuli. Photo/ the-star.co.ke Businesses along the Kenya- Tanzania border in Namanga town remained closed for a better part of the day on Monday after residents demonstrated over Tanzania’s president John Magufuli deportation order.
Transport along the borders remained closed as the demonstrators rounded up the ‘foreigners’ and frog-marched them across the border to their country.
This comes after it was reported in January that Kenyans, including those who were born in Tanzania before independence, have been told to leave if they cannot provide documents validating their stay.
Kajiado county commissioner Harsama Kello said the demonstrations began at the border after Tanzanian authorities arrested three Kenyans last Friday and arraigned for being in the country illegally.
“Countries carry out routine checks. Kenyans should respect the law and ensure they have valid immigration documents while in foreign countries,” said Kello.
Kello said that top officials from the immigration department and local police officers were in a closed-door meeting in Namanga on restoring normalcy.