Kenya To Offer Visa-Free Option To Diasporans

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Kenya To Offer Visa Free Option To Diasporans

On November 14, 2023 Kenya President William Samuel Ruto has embraced Youtube creators economy to boost revenue and create employment for Kenyans and other African youths who can create content and add value to their lives while contributing to the development of their skills. . President William Ruto was speaking at an event organised in Nairobi Kenya for black African YouTube creators. These creators from Kenya and Africa east and west including South Africa and Nigeria use Youtube as a revenue source. The event brought visitors to the Kenyan capitol city of Nairobi who came from Canada, United States of American, across several African countries like Tanzania, South Africa Malawi, Egypt, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia and other European countries. During the speech Mr Ruto also hinted that Kenya may consider a visa waiver programs for international travelers, particularly those in the African diaspora. President Ruto said that Kenya is home to humanity and Kenya invites people from around the world to come visit Kenya in particular. The particular remarks Ruto makes in this regard can be found HERE.

Ruto was born in Sambut village in Kamagut (now in Uasin Gishu county) to Daniel and Sarah Cheruiyot. He was raised in a religious family, and he has been a member of the African Inland Church. Ruto attended Kerotet Primary School and then Wareng Secondary School before proceeding to Kapsabet High School. Eventually, he enrolled at the University of Nairobi, whence he graduated with a B.S. in botany and zoology (1990). He would later resume his education at the same institution, earning both an M.S. (2011) and a Ph.D (2018) in plant ecology. Ruto married Rachel Chebet in 1991, and they have six children together. He also has a daughter with Prisca Chemutai Bett.

Ruto has often described the poverty of his youth, recalling how he went barefoot for many years and sold peanuts and chickens on the side of the road to make money. As an adult, he managed to amass a considerable amount of wealth from his many business ventures, which include holdings in the areas of real estate, agriculture, hospitality, and insurance.

Personally, I would like to see additional programs and policies officially put in place which clearly provide a structure for diasporans to return to Kenya and share in the building and further development of the nation. These diasporans have intimate knowledge of the western world’s good, bad, and ugly. The have access to capital, technical expertise, and were educated, sometimes highly, in the west’s most elite educational institutions. Although they participated in building places like the United States from the ground up, for free, we are treated like step-children or worse and have come to this point in time of seeking the place that we can truly all “home”. By default that “home” is and should be AFRICA. Therefore we crave that heart-felt “karibu nyumbani” and the laws and policies that back it up and make it easier to return!

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