Over 200 Ethiopians arrested as police hunt for human traffickers

Some of the suspected victims of human trafficking before a Makadara Law Court. [Ronald Kipruto, Standard]

In Kiambu, the National Police Service officers from the Githurai area with (TOCU) also arrested 37 aliens of Ethiopian Nationality.

According to the police they were found sleeping on the floor in one house at Kizito are, Mwihoko.

Two police officers were also arrested in connection to the trafficking as they were seen jumping from a perimeter wall of the residence adjacent to the scene of the arrest.

So far the police have launched a manhunt for the host of the victims as well as the house owner and a car that was at the scene.

Some 24 people believed to be victims of trafficking were arraigned in Makadara law courts after they were arrested at a building in Huruma, Nairobi.

Principle Magistrate Hellen Okwani ordered their repatriation.

According to them, they were approached by a lady who promised them job opportunities in Nairobi and on their way to Kenya they kept on changing from different vehicles with different traffickers.

The Transitional organized unit has launched an investigation into the real identities of the traffickers.