Nine Kenyans stranded in the Middle East have returned to Kenya after intervention by the Kenyan government.
The group had traveled to Oman with the promise of securing employment, but realised they had been conned upon landing.
One of the victims told Nairobi News that he was asked to pay Sh60,000 for facilitation fee and also purchased a flight ticket to Oman. He said failure to get a job in Kenya pushed him to try his luck overseas.
“I was referred to an agency in Nairobi by a friend who has previously worked in Saudi Arabia but returned home recently,” said the victim.
“They asked me to process the passport and Yellow Fever certificate and then helped me get a Visa. I paid Sh60,000 which they claimed would help buy an air ticket back home in the event I was stranded,” the victim said.
“One of them even took me to the airport but on reaching Oman, I was informed that the company I was asking for doesn’t exist. I was instead offered the job of a watchman with very little pay, of about Sh45,000 a month. I didn’t take up the offer and that’s when I opted to inform my family members back home.”
In a statement on Friday, Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said had helped bring back the Kenyans who were stranded in Oman.
In a statement on Friday, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministry said it had helped nine Kenyans who were stranded in the Middle East nation return home.
The Ministry urged all Kenyans looking for job offers abroad to first confirm through the Director, Diaspora Directorate via Diaspora@mfa.go.ke.
