CS Mutua Reveals That 5,000 Kenyans Are Living In Qatar As Refugees
Alfred Mutua, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, revealed that at least 5,000 Kenyans are currently living as refugees in Qatar.
Mutua claimed on Sunday that these Kenyans were taken to the Gulf state by rogue agents with the promise of work during the World Cup.
He stated that they refused to return to Kenya in the hope of finding work after paying hundreds of thousands of shillings to rogue agents.
“Currently we’ve got 5,000 Kenyans stuck in Qatar living as refugees. They were taken there during the World Cup period,” Mutua said on Citizen TV.
CS Alfred Mutua: There are no agents involved. Currently there are 5000 Kenyans stuck in Qatar living as refugees because of these rogue agents in our country. We have seen agents coming to KICC to try and con people #CitizenSundayLive@OBurrows @KoinangeJeff pic.twitter.com/rxlCDNSBUI
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 27, 2024
“Some of the promised jobs they have never realized themselves and because they have paid Sh200,000 to Sh250,000 they have refused to come back until they get a job.”
He continued: “5,000 Kenyans who are being fed by the International Organization of Migration every day in Qatar and it’s because of these rogue agents in our country.”
He did, however, say that he is currently working to remove rogue agents who have been defrauding innocent Kenyans from the system.
“What we are trying to do is clean the system. We have asked people to do this, come and when you are interviewed you pay nothing at all,” the CS said.
“Once you pass your second interview and get the job there are fees you will need to pay. For example, nobody will pay for you to do medicals and other small process costs which you know where they are going.”
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Mutua cited an instance from the government’s recruitment announcement last week where over 20,000 Kenyans showed up.
During the exercise, the CS stated that rogue agents had infiltrated the event and were already collecting passports from those who had shown up for interviews.
“On the first day at KICC, we had agents who came who were not part of the process and started to charge people,” Mutua said.
“We discovered a vehicle with about 40 passports already collected so that they can give money.”
CS Mutua Reveals That 5,000 Kenyans Are Living In Qatar As Refugees
