Rev. 2010]
Immigration
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(f) a person who, in consequence of information received from
any government or from any other source considered by the
Minister to be reliable, is considered by the Minister to be
an undesirable immigrant;
(g) a person, or a member of a class of persons, whose presence
in Kenya is declared by the Minister to be contrary to the
national interests;
(h) a person who, upon entering or seeking to enter Kenya,
fails to produce a valid passport to an immigration officer on
demand or within such time as that officer may allow;
(i) a person who was, immediately before the commencement
of this Act, a prohibited immigrant within the meaning of
the former Immigration Act (now repealed) by reason of
paragraph (f) or paragraph (g) of section 7 (2) of that Act;
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(j) a person whose presence in or entry into Kenya is unlawful
under any written law other than this Act;
(k) a person in respect of whom there is in force an order made
or deemed to be made under section 8 directing that such
person shall be removed from and remain out of Kenya;
(l) a dependant of any of the persons mentioned in the foregoing
paragraphs of this subsection.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the entry into and presence in Kenya
of a prohibited immigrant shall be unlawful, and a person seeking to
enter Kenya shall, if he is a prohibited immigrant, be refused permission
to enter Kenya, whether or not he is in possession of any document
which, were it not for this section, would entitle him to enter Kenya.
(3) An immigration officer may in his discretion issue a prohibited
immigrant’s pass to a prohibited immigrant, permitting him to enter
and remain temporarily in Kenya for such period and subject to such
conditions as may be specified in that pass.
Entry and Removal of Immigrants
4. (1) Subject to this section, no person who is not a citizen of Prohibition on entry
Kenya shall enter Kenya unless he is in possession of a valid entry without permit or
pass.
permit or a valid pass.