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How we lost millions in jobs scam

Mike Yegon. He narrated how he resigned from his job and paid Sh80,800 so that his wife could accompany him to Qatar. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Senate on Tuesday heard how 8,000 youth were conned about Sh700 million by an agency that claimed it could help them move abroad for jobs and studies. The young people from Uasin Gishu County narrated how they sold property for promises that never came to be.

Kimutai Kirui, a human rights activist, said some of the victims and sympathisers who have been vocal are now living in fear after they were threatened.

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