Of Kiwani jobs in Dubai & dirty camps

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 TheDrone

There are so many lies told about jobs in UAE (United Arab Emirates) particularly in Dubai. These lies sound too good to unemployed and money hungry youths in Uganda. Unfortunately, as the truth unrolls the victims find it a bitter pill to swallow.

The Drone Media came accross this one immigrant work in the names of Aaron Matsiko who went to Dubai on a visit visa for a month. He had been beguiled by several job recruiters in Kampala that jobs were galore in Dubai.

They assured him that once he lands on in Dubai it is easy to get a job. He sold piece of land he had shared with siblings from his father’s family land. He hoped he would replace it after he succeeds in Dubai because hebwas promised a good wage, accommodation, and food. Life looked good in his thinking.

Yes, he went to Dubai and got a job. At some point, soon after starting the job, his employer asked for his passport for administration purposes.

The job was casual. However, the employer refused to return his passport. He claimed he was accommodating him at a work camp in the desert, where he was taken to the place of employment. He would be transported every morning, and taken back to the place of sleep at night.

He was closely watched so that he could not escape. Matsiko survived on water, rice and beans. He was literally enslaved. That’s just how it is in the UAE.

He says he has family members who lived there and he visited them many times. He saw all of the above first hand. He saw camps in the desert where the migrant workers were kept and also the buses they were transported in.

No air-conditioning for these people in 50c temperatures they were definitely treated badly. Same goes for the air conditioned bus shelter, squat outside but don’t go in.