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CS Mutua said the Kenyan government is working around the clock to ensure Kenyans living in Sudan are safely brought back home.

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has explained that rescue operations for Kenyans living in Sudan are ongoing.

In a tweet, the CS said the Kenyan government is working around the clock to ensure Kenyans living in Sudan are safely brought back home.

One of the ways Kenya is using to get Kenyans back is by ensuring that those at the border move to the neighbouring countries so that they can be picked from there.

CS Mutua has said that already, 29 Kenyan students have been facilitated to cross the border to Ethiopia.

He said the students are on their way to Gondor where they will fly to Addis Ababa and then to Nairobi.

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An image that was taken in Sudan during the ongoing war. PHOTO | COURTESY

"Two, we have a Kenya Airforce aircraft ready for a group of 18 students who are currently travelling by road to the South Sudan border. They will be airlifted to Nairobi," the CS said in a tweet.

The CS said that another group of people is on a well-planned program of travel and that two aircraft will ferry them from Port Sudan to Jeddah and thereafter travel to Nairobi by Kenya Airways.

"We estimate to ferry 300-400 Kenyans this way if not more," the CS said.

He added:

"I wish to thank and encourage the Kenya Foreign and Diaspora staff in our missions in the various nations plus the multi-agency teams in Nairobi for the seamless coordination."

The ongoing war in Sudan has seen several activities grounded to a halt.

The US is among the country that has already evacuated its citizens from the said country.

Other countries are also following suit.