Cyber cafe to pay student Sh5m for recruitment in Myanmar slave trade

Some returnees arrive at JKIA on April 5,2025 after they were rescued from Myanmar. [Benard Orwongo,Standard]

Haron Nyakang’o, a Kisii University student, hoped that a foreign job placement by a Kenyan recruitment agency would open financial freedom for him.

The promise of a customer care job in Bangkok, Thailand, and a monthly salary of Sh180,000, was alluring enough that he deferred his studies.