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Stop trend of deadly jobs

Diana Chepkemoi

Left:: Diana Chepkemoi from Bomet County before she left for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and her current status. 


Photo credit: Pool I Nation Media Group

Despite tales of suffering, abuse and death in the Middle East, desperate Kenyans continue to flock there in search of jobs as domestic workers. Statistics show an increasing number of Kenyans who travel to foreign countries, mostly Saudi Arabia, looking for jobs.

Not once, not twice, have we seen families crying out to the government to rescue their kin from torture in Saudi Arabia. Others, especially girls, return in a coffin—which is blamed on poor working conditions and assault from their employer.