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8 Feb 2022

Saudi Arabia: Families of victims demand action from recruitment agencies placing Ugandan women as abuses incl. organ harvesting & death become recurrent; incl. co. response

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A story published by Ugandan news outlet New Vision in late January 2022 shed light on the inhumane treatment of Ugandan migrant women working in Saudi Arabia as domestic workers. Reports of physical abuse at the hands of private employers as well as potential organ trafficking and deaths surfaced which triggered families of victims to demand justice. In three cases included in the article, Ugandan recruitment agencies who had placed the women abroad were named and held accountable by the families of victims for failing to adequately guard the wellbeing of these women and cooperate with the families.

Nile Treasure Gate Company reportedly recruited Judith Nakintu who was mistreated by her employer for several months and finally repatriated, whereupon it was alleged that she had undergone an unidentified surgery while in Saudi Arabia and was missing a kidney. Nakintu's family. Nakintu's family alleges that Nile Treasure Gate Co. initially supported them in contacting her while she was abroad but later cut off contact; the article reports that the company wrote to Nakintu's lawyers, defending themselves about the allegations. In February 2022, Nile Treasure Gate Company's Directors were brought to court on human trafficking charges and falsifying medical reports to cover up their complicity in the case.

Dream Connect was accused by the family of Milly Namazzi of failing to help them repatriate her body after she was mistreated by her employer. Their response via email exchange with the Resource Centre can be read below. We have encouraged Dream Connect to provide a more comprehensive follow-up statement and we will reproduce this in full below as soon as it is received.

The article alleges that Narrissa Group Uganda "sold" Rebecca Ahimbisiwe to a household to work without pay; Ahimbisiwe was repatriated with the help of Narrissa Group Uganda after intervention from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit.

Nile Treasure Gate Company, Dream Connect and Narrissa Group Uganda were all invited to respond to the allegations by the Resource Centre in February 2022. The response and our email exchange from Dream Connect can be read in full below; the other companies did not respond.

Company Responses

Narrissa Group Uganda

No Response

Nile Treasure Gate

No Response

Dream Connect View Response

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