A total 20 recruitment agencies have been de-registered following increased cases of malpractices.
The National Employment Authority Wednesday said some of the firms were struck off because of their dubious dealings as they had been collecting funds from gullible youth with a promise for jobs abroad, only to go against their word.
At the same time, the authority confirmed that some of the firms have been enjoying the backing of powerful individuals in government.
NEA Director General Edith Okoki told MPs that some of the de-registered agencies had attempted to seek fresh registration using different names. “The last two years have not been easy. Some of the people that we were having issues with had access to high offices,” she said.
One of them, First Choice Recruitment Agency, had attempted to register afresh using the name Royal Capital Placement Ltd.
Last year, First Choice was accused of youth in Uasin Gishu of swindling them millions of shillings.
The de-registered firms include Gulfway Recruitment Company Ltd, Royal Capital Placement Ltd, Geoverah Africa Safaris, First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy, Geoverah Agency, Daawo Holdings, Makungu International, Talent Gateaway, Jakartya Ventures and Skill Dove.
Others are Gifted Minds Tours Travel, Tangofox, Alemtyaz Travel Agent, Rhodevo International, Flexturch Recruitment, Omran Aly Agencies, Alsari International, Leisamis Recruiters and Skyward Global Dimensions.
Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers, Okoki submitted that the agencies had been deregistered following investigations by the Office of the Directorate of Criminal investigations.
Story credit: The Standard Newspaper, Nairobi, Kenya