Every day, thousands of Ugandans between the age of 23-40 years are flown to the middle east by companies that promise them 'well paying' jobs. Given the ever growing rate of unemployment among the youths and frustrations, many of these accept and are flown out of the country.
Well as some get lucky and get the jobs, get paid well and manage to change their lives, a big number of Ugandans who go to the middle east end up disappointed. These later come to realise that they were not brought on a working visa but rather a visiting visa, whose grace period is usually three months. After the three months, these poor souls are now on the mercy of the companies that took them.
This is where life then starts getting really hard for them, because they can hardly get a decent job. This has been brought to the attention of the prime minister, Rt. Hon. Robbinah Nabbanja who has warned these companies.
"We want to immediately put a stop to the continued suffering of our people who fly out to the Middle East in search of greener pasture. We shall not hesitate to terminate licenses of companies that don't meet the desired requirements. We are also looking at making it possible for our embassies in these middle east countries to print work passports for our people there. It is one of the challenges they are facing." Said the prime minister.
This is not the first time government officials are coming out to 'threaten' these job agencies. Let's however hope this time round something fruitful will be got.
