Kenyan domestic workers have been barred from seeking employment in Kuwait after the Gulf nation imposed a ban on the recruitment of workers from Kenya and 25 other African countries.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

In a circular by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior, the Middle East nation updates the approved list of source countries for domestic workers while introducing sweeping restrictions on recruitment procedures.

According to the notice, the decision followed assessments and recommendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the Public Authority for Manpower.

Under the new policy, recruitment of domestic workers, both male and female, was barred from 27 countries.

📌 What You Need to Know

Among the affected countries are Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo, Malawi, Chad, Djibouti, Niger, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.

Other countries included Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of the Congo.

Also, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Madagascar and Bhutan were also affected.

According to the circular, some of the restrictions apply specifically to female workers.

At the same time, recruitment of domestic worker s, both male and female, will now only be permitted from 10 countries.

The approved countries include South Africa, Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Nepal and Senegal, which was approved for male workers only.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke