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Labour CS Labour Florence Bore on Friday visited and engaged Kenyan girls at a rescue centre in Saudi Arabia.
The girls are being housed by Sakan, a private organization offering safety for female domestic workers who are awaiting deportation.
“We engaged with the ladies at Sakan where they narrated their experiences as domestic workers. We are committed to finding durable solutions,” the CS said in a tweet.
Bore on Monday led a delegation on a five-day visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on what has been termed as a fact-finding mission, as well as to look into the issuing and welfare of Kenyans working in Saudi Arabia.
The CS further engaged International recruitment agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including SMASCO and Arco on some of the challenges facing them and the migrant workers as well as the opportunities available in both the skilled and unskilled sectors.
“They underscored the need for comprehensive pre-departure training to equip the migrant workers with necessary skills to work in foreign environments and offered to cooperate in fixing challenges,” Bore said.
This comes even as reports about Kenyans who are mistreated in the Gulf countries by their employers continue to surface. Stakeholders have called for a lasting solution.
The Gulf countries, for instance, rely on millions of foreign workers such as housemaids, fitness instructors, metro-train employees, hotel cleaners and waiters, caregivers, nannies, drivers, and security guards.
They work for long hours for wages far below the minimum rate and in some instances, suffer physical and sexual violence.
The CS is accompanied by the PS Labour and Skills Development Geoffrey Kaituko, the National Industrial Training Authority chairperson Kamau Gichigi and Director General Steve Ogenga and Ag Director General National Employment Authority Edith Okoki. BY THE STAR