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Qatar must be made to respect workers’ rights

Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. [Reuters, Kai Pfaffenbach]

Malcolm Bidali disappeared while working in Qatar two weeks ago.

His worrying situation invites us to revisit whether 300,000 Kenyan professionals working in the middle east and elsewhere, are adequately protected.

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