Days after Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi acknowledged Kenya's growing challenges with the influx of refugees from the neighbouring South Sudan, the US took a significant step that could exacerbate Kenya's refugee crisis.
On Sunday morning, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a sweeping measure that could have serious implications for Kenya's refugee management. Rubio revealed that the US would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and impose restrictions on the issuance of any new visas to South Sudanese nationals.
According to Rubio, his government has decided so due to the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens on time.
U.S Secretary State Marco Rubio in his capacity as the Acting Administrator for the USAID, February 16, 2025.
