A Kenyan lady identified as Mercy Wangare, who resides and works in Dubai, has narrated her experience working with Kenyans away from home.
Wangare claimed that she fled the nation five years ago and has never come back in an interview with TUKO.
“I was in Mombasa where I had taken my Muslim friends for an interview because the people hiring were looking for a Muslim lady. So as a I was waiting for them, one person who was in the hiring team asked me what I was doing there and I told him I have brought my friends for the interview and he asked me why I was not doing it and I told him I was a Christian,” she narrated.
But after exchanging contact information, he called her a few days later to tell her that the Arabs who were hiring liked her and wanted to offer her a position, but she would have to go to Dubai.
“At that point I had nothing. I even told him I don’t have money to get a passport and he said he’ll see what to do and a few days later, he told me to go to Nairobi to Nyayo House because those employers paid for everything and within two weeks, I was in Dubai,” she told Tuko.
Although she works in the automotive sector in Dubai, she has no prior expertise in the sector as she left high school early due to a lack of funds to complete her secondary education.
“Through this job, managed to register for KCSE where I got a C+ and registered to join university. Never did I ever think I could join university, because of the background I came from, my mum was a single mother and now, I can say she is living comfortably because I take care of her and my grandmother,” she added.
When it comes to helping other Kenyans cross to Dubai, Wangare said she has only helped one person because of the way most behave when they get there.
“Kenyans are lazy and disappointing. You will bring someone here and you’ll find the employer has paid for everything including accomodation and flight, and then when you they get here, they quit and immediately start looking for new employers, and they become your burden and that’s why most end up in the streets here,” she said.
The mother of one also said she hopes to open her automobile business in Kenya so that she can create an impact on people who cannot afford to import spare parts from overseas.
