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Envoy wants Kenyan women barred from taking jobs in Saudi Arabia
Chege Kahiga and Grace Gathoni with a photograph of their daughter Eunice Wanjiku, who died in Saudi Arabia under mysterious circumstances. Kenya's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Mohamud, has recommended a total ban on sending female workers to the kingdom. FILE PHOTO | ANNE MACHARIA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Only Kenya and Ethiopia export female labourers to Saudi Arabia.
- If there are no watertight protections for female workers in the kingdom, the envoy said, the government should ban exports of female workers to the kingdom.
Kenya's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Mohamud, has recommended a total ban on sending female workers to the kingdom as a way of reducing incidents of mistreatment.
Mr Mohamud argued that the incidents remained isolated but said many of them were blown out of proportion by people who had been deported from the kingdom.
