Detectives from the Transnational Organised Crime Unit (TOCU), together with officers from Mombasa Central Police Station, have arrested two suspects operating an overseas job recruitment agency without a valid licence.
Acting on actionable intelligence, the team raided a premises in Makadara area, where Al-Wajib Investments Ltd was found running its business from a residential building.
Two directors of the agency, Bilal Dundo Nyanje and Ali Abu Bakari, were promptly apprehended.
A swift search of the office yielded an expired National Employment Authority (NEA) registration certificate, two registers, a receipt book, and the agency’s official stamp, all of which were seized as exhibits.
The suspects are currently in custody, undergoing processing ahead of their arraignment in court.
The National Police Service (NPS) is urging members of the public seeking employment opportunities abroad to verify recruitment agencies through the NEA.
Only agencies duly accredited by NEA are legally authorised to carry out recruitment for overseas jobs.
In the meantime, the NPS is intensifying its crackdown on unlicensed recruitment operators, and those found violating the law will face appropriate legal action.
