The Immigration Department is once again on the spot after a deported Chinese sneaked back to the country.
Shao Guixiang was deported in January 2022 but reportedly sneaked back to Kenya through the Ugandan border a month after the deportation.
According to a report by Citizen TV, Shao is reported to have flown to Uganda and drove into Kenya on a three-month tourist visa.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki is now demanding answers from the Immigration department on how the China national was allowed back into the country, and how his deportation was discontinued. This is despite his attempt to appeal his decision was rejected.
Shao’s presence in the country was established after he was involved in an altercation along Kindaruma Road in Kilimani’s area of Nairobi that ended up in court last week
The Chinese nationals are said to have been involved in a fight over some property in the area.
Shao was among five Chinese nationals that were sentenced to one year in prison or to pay a fine of Sh400,000 each for operating a business without work permits.
The foreigners were arrested on January 28 by a multi-agency team comprising police and Immigration department officers at a construction company in Imara Daima, Nairobi.
They were initially six- four females and two males.
They were charged with the unauthorized operation of business contrary to section 53(1) as read with Section 53 (2) of the Kenyan citizenship and immigration Act No 12 of 2011.
The Police in a statement said the foreigners would be deported to their respective countries upon completion of their sentences or payment of fines.
They were deported in February 2022.
“While the National Police Service appreciates and welcomes foreigners, we will not hesitate to crack the whip on anyone found contravening the law,” the police said in the statement.
In 2018, then Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said foreigners should apply for work permits from their home countries before seeking work in Kenya.
Matiang’i at the time also warned that Kenya would not issue work permits to foreigners for jobs that can be done by Kenyans.
