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Delayed pacts derail Middle East jobs deal

Young men from Embu County register for jobs in the Middle East. The county has recruited 100 youths to work as guards, drivers and clerks in Qatar and United Arab Emirates (PHOTO JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD)

The Government’s slow implementation of the Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) signed between Kenya and Saudi Arabia is denying Kenyans lucrative job opportunities in the Middle East.

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