Stop sending Kenyans to die in Gulf countries

Haki Africa Rapid Response Officer, Salima Njoki (second right in black) joins families whose relatives are missing in the Gulf for a press conference in Nairobi [David Njaaga, Standard]

It is apparent that horror stories of Kenyan domestic workers being abused and even killed in the Middle East will not end any time soon.

Despite news of Kenyans being tortured, raped and even killed, jobless Kenyans -- most of them young women -- continue to make beelines at airports to go and seek ‘greener pastures’ in the Gulf countries.