Some Kenya ladies who leave the country in search of green pastures in Saudi Arabia are being turned into sex slaves.
Haki Africa, a group that has been profiling the cases of women who are mistreated and killed in the Gulf countries claim the women are lured using sweet deals.
“We have received many cases of domestic immigrant’s workers in the gulf who are being mistreated and others dying in the process, worrying bit is how cunning agents are now luring the ladies,” Haki Africa’s Rapid Response Officer Fredrick Ojiro said.
“A good example is the case of Florence Adhaimbo who was approached by a tour company and was offered the opportunity to visit Lebanon then come back, her documents indicated that a high end hotel had been booked for her and places she would visit,” Ojiro explained.
When she landed, Adhiambo was handed over to a sponsor where she discovered that it was just a trick to net her, Ojiro narrated.
“She was in company of other six Kenyans ladies who were picked by other sponsors and according to reports we have gathered, they were turned into sex slaves,” the officer explained.
He said it is suspicious that the government officers at registration bureaus are unable to sense the tricks used by crafty agents.
“The families are reaching out to us because the government has turned deaf years on the cases. We have the evidence of how girls are being duped to travel to the gulf countries,”
“Maybe some government officials are playing ball with the agents because it is strange that we are losing young ladies yet the government has been promising to protect all Kenyans,” Ojiro added.
In some cases, the women who are lured to sign contracts are altered and only issue them new contracts once in the destinations.