CS Mutua says victims of foreign job scams come from one community
Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Alfred Mutua now claims that the victims of the foreign jobs scam are all from one community.
Speaking during an interview with one of the local radio stations on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Mutua argued the community, which he failed to name, has been incited by an unnamed politician.
According to him, all the complaints that have so far been raised are from people hailing from the same area.
”The people who are complaining that they paid Ksh 55,000 and have not travelled are all from one community. There is a problem because you ask yourself, This is a great community; why is it just from this community? And it is because they have been incited by somebody from that community. And you ask yourself, Why is it so and so from the same area and not from the other areas?” Mutua said.
Mutua on recruitment agencies
Mutua went ahead to claim that some of the recruitment agencies now fear working with the said community over fear that the people normally take to the streets whenever a slight delay is experienced.
Further, the former Machakos County governor accused the unnamed politician of taking advantage of the people from the said community for his/her own selfish interests.
”Agencies are now saying that we don’t want to work with this community because of a delay of one week, and they are taking to the streets…. That community is a very good community; they are very patient; they are very good people, but when you incite them for personal gains because you want to run for office or something, it brings a problem. It is taking advantage of the people,” Mutua said.
Mutua accuses Orwoba
This comes just a day after Mutua accused nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba of spreading misinformation to mislead Kenyans regarding the labour mobility programme dubbed Kazi Majuu.
The programme seeks to offer Kenyans employment opportunities abroad.
In a letter addressed to Senate Speaker Amason Kingi, CS Mutua requested to address the Senate and set the record straight about the programme’s successes and challenges.
He cited instances where Orwoba claimed that thousands of Kenyans are getting conned by agents in the Ministry of Labour offices in boardrooms.
In the letter, Mutua challenged Orwoba to prove the allegations by providing a list of the thousands of conned Kenyans, further pointing out that the lawmaker’s remarks are an attempt at gaining political mileage.
“Her claim that she has a list of 1,000 people who took loans from the Youth Fund and have not travelled is FALSE. We challenge her to table the names of the 1,000 people who she claims to have been conned after receiving Youth Funds and the name of the silent agent she claims to have gone quiet,” the statement read in part.
“Let her also provide evidence of the so-called thousands she claims to have received loans from shylocks and microfinance institutions. We wish to share with the Senate that all this is a fabrication to mislead the Senate and Kenyans in order to gain popularity and political mileage.”
Mutua also challenged the senator to prove her allegations of a pyramid scheme that is extorting Kenyans.
Further, he claimed that Orwoba has been threatening employment agencies and extorting them to employ people to serve political interests in Bobasi Constituency.
