Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi has vehemently denied allegations by the New York Times implicating the Kenya Kwanza administration and President William Ruto's family in a 'slave trade' involving Kenyans sent to Saudi Arabia.

• Mudavadi stated the government has taken "bold, deliberate, and forward-looking steps" to safeguard Kenyans abroad, including the deregistration of over 600 rogue recruitment agencies.
• The New York Times article specifically highlighted the plight of unwed Kenyan mothers in Saudi Arabia and alleged that the President's wife and daughter were major shareholders in one of the implicated recruitment agencies.
• The Foreign Affairs CS emphasized the establishment of the State Department for Diaspora Affairs, which has seen an increase in diaspora remittances from Ksh490 billion in 2022 to Ksh650 billion in 2024, with a target of Ksh1 trillion by 2027.