High Commission in SA to offer consular services to Kenyans in Cape Town
Kenya’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Ms Jean Njeri Kamau, during a past interview. The Mission will provide Consular services in Capetown from Thursday through Saturday. PHOTO | BMJ MURIITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Kenyans living in various South African towns have over the years requested the government to reach out to them by taking consular services to their neighbourhoods.
- The venue of the devolved services will be the Panafric Market, 76 Long Street, 3rd Floor, Room 303 in Cape Town.
- “I urge you to reflect on the available investment possibilities at your disposal in Kenya,” she said in her Madaraka Day Message.
Officials from Kenya’s High Commission to South Africa will provide consular services to Kenyans living in and around Cape Town from Thursday June 4 through Saturday June 6.
A statement from the High Commission in Pretoria Wednesday sought to inform Kenyans residing in the vicinity to take advantage of the outreach programme.
“If you have a document ready for collection and would like the Consular Section to bring it to Cape Town kindly inform through emailing your full names,” read the statement.
The venue of the devolved services will be the Panafric Market, 76 Long Street, 3rd Floor, Room 303 in Cape Town.
“We truly appreciate the effort made by the High Commission despite being far away in Pretoria,” said Moses Kanga Oluoch, a resident of Cape Town.
1,500KMS AWAY
Kenyans living in various South African towns have over the years requested the government to reach out to them by taking consular services to their neighbourhoods.
Cape Town lies about 1,500 kilometres South of Pretoria, the location of the Kenyan mission.
Meanwhile, the Kenyan High Commissioner to Pretoria, Ms Jean Kamau, has urged Kenyans in South Africa to take advantage of investment opportunities in their motherland.
“I urge you to reflect on the available investment possibilities at your disposal in Kenya,” she said in her Madaraka Day message.
“The Government of Kenya has over the years recognised the importance of the contribution of the Kenya Diaspora to the Kenyan economy and to development in general. Therefore, join other Kenyans in investing in Kenya as a demonstration of our patriotism,” she added.
Ms Kamau is credited with initiating a ID issuance outreach programme targeting Kenyans living in different cities of the United States when she served as the chargé d'affaires at the mission in Washington DC.
