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Kenya:
No More Domestic Workers to UAE
The Star, 22 June 2012
The hiring and exportation of domestic workers to the middle east has been suspended after rampant cases of abuse. The Foreign Affairs ministry is also vetting recruitment agents… Read more »
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Kenya:
Moragwa Thanks Her Rescuers
The Star, 7 June 2012
The twenty six year old Kenyan aid worker rescued by the International Security Assistance Force from her Taliban abductors in Afghanistan has expressed her gratitude to the Kenyan… Read more »
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Kenya:
Thuita Denies Slavery Claims in Saudi Arabia
The Star, 19 April 2012
The Foreign Affairs ministry has denied claims that Kenyans working in Saudia Araba were being treated as slaves. Read more »
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Kenya:
Claims of Slavery in Saudi Arabia Are Ill Founded
Capital FM, 19 April 2012
Recent highly publicised media reports on Kenyan migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, have painted an extremely grim picture of living and working conditions in that country. Read more »
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Kenya:
Saudi Envoy Warns People About Bogus Jobs Agents
The Star, 10 February 2012
KENYANS seeking employment in Saudi Arabia should only accept job offers from accredited employment agencies, officials have warned. Read more »
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Kenya:
Horrid Tales From Saudi Returnees
The Star, 26 September 2011
ABOUT 100 Kenyans trooped back on Tuesday evening with shocking tales of deplorable working conditions in Saudi Arabia. The mostly married women confirmed that they were duped by… Read more »
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Kenya:
Country and Saudi Arabia to Finally Negotiate a Labour Agreement
The Star, 16 September 2011
The agony of Kenyan domestic workers working in Saudi Arabia is finally getting attention from the government. Saudi National Recruitment Committee officials are in the country to… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenyan Househelp in Saudi to Return On Sunday
The Star, 25 May 2011
The Kenyan lady working as a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia and who claims that she is being tortured by her employers will return home on Sunday. Read more »
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Kenya:
House Team Probes Saudi Torture Claims
Nation, 30 March 2010
Parliament's Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations is investigating claims of cruel labour practices against Kenyans working in Saudi Arabia. Read more »
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Kenya:
Duped Into Slavery
EA Standard, 13 November 2006
Amos Kareithi talks to Kenyans who have fallen victim to seemingly lucrative job offers in the East only to find themselves in a form of slavery with no easy way out. Read more »