A letter from the Kenya High Commission in Pretoria requesting "safe passage" for Kenyan nationals with irregular status highlights a critical issue: Kenya is exporting its citizens due to a lack of domestic opportunities and failed leadership.

• The article argues that Kenyans are leaving due to scarce jobs, rampant corruption, and a high cost of living, leading to desperate and often dangerous migration.
• Key individuals and organizations include the Kenya High Commission in Pretoria, Kenyan citizens seeking work abroad, and implicitly, Kenyan leadership.
• Instances cited include Kenyans in unregulated domestic work in the Gulf facing conditions akin to modern slavery, and men recruited into the war in Russia for money rather than ideology.