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We deserve truth on workers' abuse in Gulf

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi addressing the media in Nairobi on November 12, 2025 over the relationship between Kenya and other Foreign countries. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

President William Ruto’s administration is in a spot over labour migration that exploits Kenyan workers abroad while enriching powerful entities at home.

New York Times investigation lays bare a State-enabled exploitation spree in which politicians reportedly own recruitment agencies that dispatch Kenyans to the Persian Gulf as cheap casuals. According to the report, a least one in 10 recruitment agencies is owned by a politician.

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