In Uganda, women as young as 17 years are migrating to Kenya to find housemaid jobs. Esther now in Nairobi knocking door to door looking for a maid job says she leaves with her three Ugandan friends and each pays Sh500 per month for the house. “We leave three girls each paying Sh500 per month on this corrugated iron sheet house with no electricity. Esther works in a restaurant from 6 am to 6 pm for little pay. “I walk for a long distance to work for they don’t pay me enough,” she says.

Source: The Star May 20, 2019 11:37 UTC