Recent comments targeting foreigners engaged in business in Kenya are deeply troubling.
By Evan Mwangi
Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Northwestern University in Evanston (US)
What you need to know:
Blaming foreigners may generate temporary political applause, but it rarely generates jobs, growth, or prosperity.
Tensions are rising in Nairobi as foreign traders face harassment and business closures following a government directive,…
President William Ruto is flat-out wrong about foreigners doing small businesses in Kenya.
Kenya should view foreign hawkers and immigrants through an economic lens, recognising their contribution to jobs, competition…
South Africa gives us a glimpse of what can happen when economic frustration is allowed to become a migration problem.
Governments find themselves damned if they do nothing, and even more damned if they act.
Kenya's president orders a crackdown on foreigners running small businesses, amid accusations of xenophobia.
