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Why domestic workers run to the Gulf despite reports of abuse

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COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli speaking during the Kenya Union Domestic, Hotels Educational Institutions and hospital workers (KUDHEIHA) workshop at Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

When Mirriam Gichure resolved to join the thousands of Kenyans moving to the Middle East in 2017 for greener pastures, she hoped for a financial breakthrough.

After all a job offering abroad is irresistible. Like those who dared venture abroad, Ms Gichure followed suit, leaving behind her two children, parents and sister’s children.  

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