Atwoli Calls for Abolishment of National Employment Authority Amid Claims of 'Modern Slavery'

Central Organisation of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has called for the abolition of the National Employment Authority (NEA), spelling doom for the civil servants working in the agency.

In a statement on his official X account on Monday, May 19, Atwoli claimed that the agency works closely with other employment agencies that are facilitating the export of domestic workers without conducting the necessary assessment.

Atwoli claims that this improper recruitment procedure from the agents has, in turn, facilitated 'modern-day slave traders', especially in the Gulf countries.

Atwoli stressed that the agency should be a department under the Ministry of Labour and not an independent agency. "This is something I have spoken out against for a long time.