Three people have been
arrested in connection to an alleged fake recruitment programme in Eldoret.
The three were arrested after they ferried tens of youth from rural areas of Uasin Gishu to Eldoret City promising to recruit them for lucrative foreign jobs in Dubai.
Uasin Gishu DCI boss
Daniel Muleli says some of the youth were ferried from parts of Ziwa and taken
to a hotel in the town.
They were later transferred to another location near the Annex area causing suspicion from the youth who had also been given some recruitment forms to register for the jobs.
“At Annex, the youth
were taken to a home causing suspicion. An alert was made to us and we
immediately sent in our officers who arrested the four people,” said Muleli.
The DCI boss said those arrested claimed to be linked to a registered recruitment agency which is licensed by the National Employment Agency (NEA) to operate in Nairobi but not Eldoret.
“One of those arrested claims to be CEO of the agency which however does not have authority to operate in this area," he said.
He said those arrested would help to give details on their recruitment operations in the region.
Muleli said the issue
raised suspicion in the region where many people have lost millions of
shillings through recruitment agencies promising jobs and education
opportunities abroad.
Some of the affected
youth led by Japheth Kipngetich, Job Kipkosgey and Aaron Kiplimo said they
accepted to be ferried to Eldoret believing that the jobs offered were genuine.
“Those involved came
all the way to Ziwa and promised us that the jobs existed and that those
unskilled would earn about Sh38,000 while he skilled would get over
Sh60,000," said Kipkosgey.
He said they had been promised that the processing of all documents would be free but later on the officials told them to be ready to part with some money before being recruited.
The recruitment forms
issued to the youth were partly written in Chinese language and alleged to be
from a Chinese company.
“We will investigate the matter to know the exact truth before we take action or advise on the way forward,” said Muleli.
