How Kenyans lost millions in CS Mutua's overseas jobs deal

Fredrick Keene (left), Godfrey Mbote (right) and other victims before the Senate's Labour and Social Welfare Committee chaired by Kajiado Senator Seki Lenku at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on April 28, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] 

More than 300 Kenyans paid millions of shillings for jobs in the Middle East through a recruitment exercise commissioned by the Ministry of Labour last year, but are yet to secure employment.

Representatives of the job seekers who appeared before the Senate Labour Committee on Monday recounted how they each paid between Sh15,000 and Sh55,000 for employment promises that remain unfulfilled months later, despite assurances from State agencies.