Kenyans Seeking Jobs Abroad Will be Trained on Foreign Cultures
The Labour Committee of the National Assembly has announced that individuals seeking employment abroad will receive training on foreign cultures before departing the country.
The training is mandatory and aims to prevent potential clashes of cultures that have caused many problems for Kenyans working abroad, including physical, mental, and sexual abuse and in some cases death. The National Industrial Training Authority will provide a pre-departure training program that lasts approximately one month to prepare individuals for what to expect in foreign countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait. The goal is to bring order to the industry and provide thousands of trained workers with opportunities to work abroad.
Additionally, officials from the Ministry of Labour have been sent to Saudi Arabia to negotiate a Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) that will allow the government to play a role in sending individuals to work in the country. Over time, the number of Kenyan workers employed in Saudi Arabia has decreased as the country prefers to hire workers from nearby countries like Uganda and Ethiopia. As the National Assembly's Labour Committee Chairman Mauchangi Karemba notes, the rationale behind this is Kenyans' perceived aggressiveness in comparison to other nationalities.
There have been reports of Kenyans being mistreated and even killed while working in Gulf countries, but many jobless Kenyans, particularly young women, still seek employment there. Meanwhile, Kenyans working abroad sent a record-breaking $378.1 million back home in July which helps their families back in Kenya during difficult times. This is an 18.4% increase from the previous year and is partly due to the weakening Kenyan shilling which encourages Kenyans in the diaspora to send more money home.
Comments (7)
TUMEKWISHA!
This is how Kenya is back word, So do you think that training people going to gulf countries will help?, this is region specifit problem. you can not solve culture with trainig. As a goverment you should be woking with foreign govement to make them more understandable and aligned on expectation
Waste of KENTA Taxpayers money. Hogwash!!!😁
The simplest way to learn a new culture is by observing and not viewing the new environment against the cultural context of Kenya. Another one is keeping your mouth shut till you at least begin to understand the subtle social cultural norms. No training needed.
Mmmm,that is well intended,but only onesided. These Arabs already have preconceived notions about africans.Put it blantly they hold racists,and condensending attitudes,and views about africans.So even if you "act" like you understand they by taking this class of cultural immerssion,that will not change their treatment of a black person.
So the' bosses' over there should have such classed as well if they want to employ africans.
So who is being ignorant of other cultures here? The employers hiring foreign workers, or the workers seeking foreign jobs??
Bure kabisa. Both parties need each other, don't they? So, tell those ignorant Arabs to learn our culture before seeking foreign workers too. Bure kabisa!!
Bunch of bullshìt! It doesn’t matter how many diapers you wear on your head, there is still no brain in the skull!!!