New Details Emerge that Pakistanis are ‘Legally’ in Kenya for a 14-day Quarantine
A Pakistani hotelier, identified as Pranay Patel, has revealed that his countrymen currently in Nairobi have legal documentation and are on transit to Saudi Arabia.
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Patel, who was speaking to a local TV station on Thursday, said that the Pakistani nationals were in Kenya for quarantine before transiting to their destination.
He explained that the Saudi government requires that foreigners visiting their country must quarantine for 14 days outside their domiciled country.
“These tourists are here because Saudi Arabia has said that any resident or any visitor going to their country has to stay 14 nights outside their domiciled country. This is to make sure they quarantine fully for Covid-19,” he said.
Patel further stated that the visitors are genuine tourists and are in possession of verifiable documents. He said that the immigrants are solely in Kenya for quarantine and will not meddle with the businesses of Kenyans.
“They are genuine tourists, these are not illegal immigrants and are just people on transit. They have not come here to harm anyone or steal jobs from Kenyans. Until there time to leave reaches, they will not cause any trouble in Kenya,” he stated.
The hotelier was speaking after immigration officers and officers drawn from the National Police Service detained a section of the Pakistani nationals at the Real Gardens apartment along Waiyaki way for verification of their documents.
