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Family wants government to facilitate return of their ailing kin from Iraq


The family of Lucia Nekesa flanked by Mathias Shipeta Haki Africa rapid response officer photo by Pauline Kwamboka 


BY OUR REPORTER

A family in Maweni Nyali constituency wants the government to immediately intervene and bring back home their 40 years old kin from Iraq.

The family claims that their kin Lucia Nekesa a mother of five is sick suffering from excessive bleeding under the hands of her Iraq employer.

The family further says that Lucia is not only suffering but also overburdened with house hold duties.

“As a family we are calling on President Uhuru Kenyatta to help us take our daughter home. Lucia is forced to do extra jobs in Iraq,” cried Risper Nafula a mother

Speaking at a press conference at Haki Africa offices on Sunday Risper Nafula a mother to Lucia claimed that her daughter is currently doing a job that she was not assigned to while filling in her contract forms.

Meanwhile Lucia’s husband Gilbert Oduor fears for the health of her his wife.
He says Luciana always complains of beatings, brutality and excessive workload from her ‘Iraqi employer’

Mr. Oduor wants the government to take to immediately intervene and ensure that Lucia is assisted back home.

“She left home on November last year heading to Qatar, only to find herself in Iraq. I sometimes do not know what to tell my children,” said Oduor.

He says the right to life is a fundamental right that applies to all Kenyans.

Mr Oduor further called on all those seeking employments opportunities in foreign countries especially in the Middle East to follow the right channel.

The soft spoken husband however revealed that Lucia’s destination was Qatar and not Iraq.

Odour said, “It is now two days. No communication I do not know how she is faring. The last time I communicated with her she was in Baghdad.

Haki Africa rapid response officer Mathias Shipeta wants the government to vet all agents ferrying Kenyans to foreign countries.

According to him some of the agents breach the law terming them bogus agents.

“We have received about 10 cases of the same nature. We wrote a letter to the ministry concerned and so far we have not received any reply,” Shipeta noted.

He says there are over 100 Kenyans stuck in Iraq awaiting to be ferried back home.

He claims that the organization’s efforts to address the problem through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit a snag.

“Some Kenyans pass through fake agents. They are promised good jobs like drivers and others. The government must vet all agents involved in ferrying Kenyans to foreign,” said the activist.




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