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Lebanon security situation to delay help for stranded Kenyans

A group of Kenyan domestic workers stranded in Lebanon demands repatriation after a blast in Beirut that led to job losses. They have been sleeping on mattresses outside Kenya's honorary consulate in the country. 

Photo credit: Pool | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The warning came as 43 Kenyans registered with the honorary consulate in Beirut, seeking to be helped to leave the country.
  • The embassy paperwork for issuance of the Emergency Travel certificate [ETC], the document one gets if not in possession of a passport in order to be allowed to travel, will take one week.

The government says there might be delays of up to one week in the issuance of emergency travel papers to Kenyans stranded in Lebanon.

The warning came as 43 Kenyans registered with the honorary consulate in Beirut, seeking help to leave the country.