Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto expressed his plans to join hands with Saudi Arabian government in order to create job opportunities for Kenyans.
According to him, during his tour to Saudi Arabia, it came to his knowledge that there are 350,000 job vacancies and people are needed to work there.
Ruto said that Saudi Arabia officials said that they preferred Kenyan employees since they are of a hardworking nature.
” I was in Saudi Arabia and they need 350,000 people to work there. They told me that Kenyans are most preferred because of their hardworking nature. In the next three weeks, I will return there to sign a bilateral labour agreement, ” said William Ruto
Netizens however did not receive the news with joy as the president expected and they went ahead to to express their opinions.
“This fellow does many travels for his own interests and not for the citizens. WSR is running the country by guess work. The late Magufuli did alot for Tanzania in a short time without too many travels. You dont need to travel to develop Kenya, let investors come in and not randa randa ans tanga tanga everytime,” commented 570jimmy
“Everyone knows how Kenyans are mistreated in Saudi Arabia and this fake president wants to enslave his people and he doesn’t care what happens there, open the server and disappear, its high time,” wrote schaller.brigitte
“Taking our sons and daughters to go and be mistreated their. Kenya is a green country full of job potential, I think African leadership is cursed,” commented lolorangi.
The president’s promise come at a time when cases of Kenyans being mistreated in the Arabian country have increased. Statistics indicate that at least 89 Kenyans most of whom who were domestic workers lost their lives in Saudi Arabia between 2020 to 2021.