Canada has issued a warning over fraudulent special programs that are spreading online and claim to be welcoming Kenyan immigrants to the country in North America.
Such programs do not exist, according to the Canadian Immigration Department, which also dismissed the information as untrue.
There is false information spreading that claims Kenyan immigrants are being welcomed through special initiatives. The agency tweeted, "This is false, and the immigration programs referenced do not exist. For accurate information on how to immigrate, please visit the official immigration website."
Kenyans have been looking for chances online amid the country's exorbitant cost of living and high unemployment rates, with the majority hoping to travel to the United States, Canada, and Middle Eastern nations like Saudi Arabia.
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Tuesday afternoon, Alfred Mutua, Kenya's cabinet secretary for foreign affairs, tweeted that he had spoken with his Canadian colleague Sean Fraser and that they had agreed on immigration options for Kenyans looking to move to Canada to live or work.
"We agreed that Kenya can cover the gap between Canada's employment prospects and its labour pool of available workers. The procedure for those who want to immigrate to Canada is straightforward, but it necessitates diligence, the minister stated.
Mutua declared that Kenya and Canada are engaged in "deep negotiations" and pledged to deliver a thorough statement in due time outlining the guidelines and connections reached between the two nations so that Kenyans may apply for immigrant or work visas.
The CS did issue a warning against organizations luring Kenyans in by pretending to be recruiters for Canadian businesses.
President Ruto announced that the government is attempting to negotiate ten new bilateral agreements enabling Kenya to transfer more workers to nations in Europe, North America, and the Middle East during Labor Day celebrations on March 1.
According to the president, most of these would be sent to Germany, which has recently lobbied for Kenyan labourers. Canada and Saudi Arabia are the other nations the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection plans to sign agreements with.
He mentioned the rising diaspora remittances from Kenyans living overseas, which reached a record $4.027 billion in 2022 and are edging closer to exports, which brought in $5.77 billion in foreign cash.
In 2017, Kenya earned more foreign currency from remittances from the diaspora than from its main exports of coffee, tea, and horticulture combined, based on the numbers from the Central Bank of Kenya.
The nation's largest export was tea, which came in $1.2 billion, while horticulture brought in $901 million, chemicals brought in $521 million, coffee brought in $300 million, and petroleum products brought in $77 million.
According to the Labour Ministry, over four million Kenyans live and work abroad, primarily in the Middle East and Europe.
