Source: UGCJackson Kabut Gichema, a Kenyan national born in 1978, is currently in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being arrested on Tuesday, March 24. According to a statement by the immigration department, Gichema entered the US legally in 2003 on a visitor’s visa while in his mid-20s. His move to ICE detention marks a transition from serving a criminal sentence to facing immigration enforcement, a process that could soon see him returned to Kenya. Source: TwitterNtabo also facing deportation from USGichema's case comes against the backdrop of another Kenyan, identified as Kevin Ntabo, who is also facing deportation from the US. Ntabo had just returned from Kenya, where he attended his father’s burial, when he was arrested at the airport by immigration officials.

Source: Daily Nation March 26, 2026 10:44 UTC