Victim Of First Choice Recruitment Shares Intriguing Account: "Unapeleka Vijana Qatar Nani Atanipigia Kura?"

• A victim of First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Kenya shared a painful account of how he resigned from a well paying job
• The victim told a Senate committee that he secured a KSh 20,000 from his sister to buy suits and prepare for his travel to Qatar
• He also recounted how he was kidnapped after a TV interview by people working for Judith Jepchirchir over his stance on the matter

Uasin Gishu - A section of Eldoret residents continue to give their testimonies on how they were allegedly conned by the First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Kenya.

On Thursday, August 17, one of the victims shared a painful account of how he resigned from a well paying job and bought suits on the promise that he would secure a better job in Qatar.

"Mimi nilitaka niende shule, nikaresign kwa ile kazi nilikuwa nikikula KSh 25,000. Nikakuja nikakaa nikaambiwa nitaenda June 16, 2022. Tarehe kufika nikaambiwa nitaenda July 2022 niende ninunue bag na manguo mzuri kwa sababu nilikuwa naenda kuwa cashier. (I resigned from my well-paying job because I had been promised a better job in Qatar and I did all I could to secure it)," the victim explained.

How the victim prepared for Qatar jouurney

He said that he secured a KSh 20,000 from his sister to buy suits and prepare for his travel to Qatar.

"Na mkumbuke ng'ombe imeenda hatuna ng'ombe imeenda, hatuna ng'ombe ya kukamua na mama ni mzee, nikakuja nikangoja World Cup ikapita hatukuenda. (Also remember that we had lost our dairy cow and so we had no milk back at home. World Cup came and went but still we never travelled)," he recounted.

The victim spoke in Eldoret town when he appeared before an inquiry by the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare.

He claimed that when he confronted the founder and director of the recruitment agency Judy Jepchirchir, she told him that then-deputy president William Ruto had cautioned her against taking young people abroad.

"Kwenda kuuliza Judith akaniambia rais amemuuliza akipeleka vijana Qatar nani atampigia kura? (Judith claimed that Ruto asked her who would vote for him should he take all the youth abroad but I told her that we could still vote in the diaspora)," he added.

The victim also recounted how he was kidnapped after a TV interview by people working for Judith over his stance on the matter.

Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that a group of residents decried being scammed by the recruitment agency.

More victims speak out

Priscilla Makokha, a hawker in the town, claimed that she paid the agency KSh 437 000 with the hope that her child would be airlifted to Poland.

The distraught lady said she took a loan and had been struggling to pay it off, adding that the company's manager is well-connected to powerful individuals.

Makokha claimed that the founder and director, Judy Jepchirchir calls herself deep-state, adding that her employees keep telling her that there is nothing she can do about it.