Dubai: Video Of Stranded Kenyans Sleeping On Stairs After Paying KSh 300k For Jobs Moves Many

• A group of men who allegedly paid KSh 300,000 to get jobs in Dubai are now sleeping on stairs in very uncomfortable positions
• In a video shared by @joycemaina12, the men were wondering why they went all the way to Dubai to work, and yet there was nothing in store for them
• Netizens sympathised with them and wished they would have invested the money in business to make something of themselves

A group of Kenyans who paid KSh 300,000 to get jobs in Dubai are now sleeping on the stairs after arriving and finding no jobs.

Some of the men were standing

A TikTok video shared by @JoyMaina12 showed a few men sleeping in various positions on a staircase, including very uncomfortable standing positions.

"Imagine looking for a job only to come and sleep on the stairs," a pained voice was heard saying in the background.

"Kenyans in Dubai, please help stranded Kenyans," wrote @Joycemaina 12.

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, an agent identified as Eunice Inyuma said: "These days, con men have infiltrated the business. Some people just take you to an office that belongs to other people, you pay top dollar and then they disappear without a trace."

"They are spoiling the name for genuine agents. In some instances, you have to wait before you get that job for a client but they just promise their people jobs because they are greedy for money and yet they know very well that they cannot deliver," she added.

Inyuma asked Kenyans not to just fall for the first person they see; they should've several agencies and compare.

Kenyans react to the news:

wanjiku A.K.A cool girl:

"Hio building mumeingia aje ndio mlale kwa stairs."

gracemusila480ace:

"But why travel? KSh 300,000 is a good money to start a business here in Kenya? you loose everything chasing after the wind."

IRENE_MOSS254:

"Mkiambiwa msitumie agent hamsikii , sasa mtasaidiwa vipi jameni."

Tashmwa:

KSh 300,000 is enough to make you millions here."

Phelisters Omuchenya:

"KSh 300,000 imeenda na watu wanateseka woye Mungu saidia watu wako."

latifah mama yao:

"I don't know y am crying aki nafeel vibaya juu sina vile naeza wasaidia."

Wamso 254:

"KSh 300,000 is a good money to start a biz here in kenya nunua ata nduthi mpya na ulipe shimo mzuri you can be making like 2k on daily majuu mnaendeanga nini."

40 people seeking jobs conned

In another story, a group of youths in Mombasa sought justice after a woman identified as Christine Onyango Ogwe defrauded them of over KSh 3.9 million.

The victims were enticed by the prospect of employment in Dubai, Singapore, and Canada, which is normally music to the ears of job seekers.

Months later, the victims discovered that the lady had vanished, leaving them empty-handed.

Proofreading by Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke