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Private employment agencies warned on 5 November that more than 50,000 issued Saudi job visas could expire while Saudi Arabia and Kuwait keep Ebola curbs on Kenya, The Star reported on 6 November.
More than 300 Kenyans who left on 30 October with valid work visas were refused entry in Saudi Arabia and were back at JKIA in Nairobi on 2 November; recruiters want clarity on the 21-day rule, The Standard reported.
Kenya's foreign ministry told Riyadh in a note dated 30 October that the ban on anyone who was in Kenya in the past 21 days is disproportionate, The Star reported on 31 October.
Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and from Kenya on 30 October 2026 as a precaution against Ebola. WHO advises against such restrictions, and a 2014 simulation found that cutting passenger traffic delayed the risk of Ebola spreading to new countries by only a few weeks.
Egypt's parliament on 19 October postponed for a week, to 26 October, its vote on authorising military support for Saudi Arabia, Xinhua reported, citing the state news agency MENA. The session on 18 October had already been adjourned once.
