"Govt deregisters 20 recruitment agencies over non-compliance,"

20 recruitment agencies will no longer be allowed to offer services in the country for failing to meet the required threshold for operation.

According to the National Employment Agency (NEA) Director General Edith Okoki, the said companies have been denied operating licenses as part of the strategy aimed at addressing malpráctices in private recruiting agencies.

NEA Director-General made the revelation on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, during a meeting with the Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers chaired by Lydia Haika (Taita Taveta MP).

The MPs convened the meeting after an inspection visit to the private employment agencies domiciled in Mombasa where it was established that the firm operated without a valid license.

Despite not having a valid licence, the agency was listed on the National Employment Authority website and had sent 600 workers to the Middle East, so far, the MPs observed...

[Also refers to First Choice Recruitment Agency.]