Haki Africa Rapid Response Officer, Salima Njoki (second right in black) joins families whose relatives are missing in the Gulf for a press conference in Nairobi [David Njaaga, Standard]Some 93 Kenyan migrant workers have died in Saudi Arabia and other gulf countries since January 2019. The migrants were part of 87,784 workers that the government had facilitated to work in Middle East countries such as Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain since 2019. According to a report by the Labour ministry, a majority of the deaths are reported to have been from natural causes such as Covid-19, cardiac arrests, childbirth, cancer and respiratory complications. According to the official report of the Saudi Government, Melvin died of natural causes but Osotsi who claimed he has video evidence, the woman died in jail with her hands, legs and back bloodied. Osotsi also blamed the recruiting agencies which are vetted by the Ministry of Labour for being accomplices in the deaths of the Kenyans.

Source: Standard Digital July 13, 2021 23:37 UTC