Toothless Dog: South Sudan Embassy Workers Expose Ministry of Foreign Affairs Over Failure to Protect Kenyan Workers From Diplomatic Exploitation

For five years, workers at the Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan in Nairobi have endured inconsistent and often delayed salary payments, with the diplomatic mission's leadership failing to address the accumulating arrears even after a public outcry in 2025 exposed the dire situation at the Senteu Plaza offices on Galana Road.

Both South Sudanese and Kenyan nationals employed at the mission have not received consistent pay for over half a decade, a situation that has pushed many of them to the brink of destitution while their families struggle to survive, yet no meaningful action has been…