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Close to 100 Kenyans have died in unclear circumstances in Middle East

Funeral with a coffin on a cemetery [File]

Ninety-seven Kenyans have died in one of the Middle East countries in just two years, statistics at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection show. The majority of the victims died under mysterious circumstances amid allegations of rape and torture in foreign countries.

This has now forced the Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui to plan a trip to Saudi Arabia to meet his counterpart to resolve the rising mistreatment cases of Kenyans who go to the country in search of jobs.

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