Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has conveyed displeasure over Kenyans over Kenyans opposing the recruitment of overseas jobs.
This he spoke during the Jamhuri National Trade Fair.
According to reports, Kenyan workers were expected to pay extra fees and at times cater for their air tickets to travel abroad which raised concerns on the method involved in acquiring the job opportunities.
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In regarding this, CS Mutua clarified stating that the nature of the process depended on the hiring company.
He added that some companies will provide all the requirements needed for travel while others expect the workers to facilitate their travel.
Nobody is forcing you to go or pay, you make the choice. Some companies will porvide everything and there are others that you will have to sort the air ticket yourselves.
He spoke.
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I went to Australia where a company seeks to recruit nurses who will be paid Ksh.500,000 monthly. Before you can become a nurse, you need to do an attestation, sit exams and upoon adding an air ticket, the fees come to around Ksh. 300, 000 to go to Australia.
He added.
The CS further said that is job is to make sure no one is conned as if one pays a deposit and fails their medicals, they are refunded the remaining cash.
Alfred Mutua also said that they had just recruited 200 police officers for Qatar who were already doing their security checks and would go to Qatar by the end of the month.
