Man accused of trafficking women to Middle East by making false job adverts

Hassan Rajab Namukhabwa was charged for attempting to traffic 36 adult women to the Middle East by using job advertisements as bait.

According to the charge sheet, the accused had committed the offence on diverse dates between February 23 and March 1 at St Lukes International Secondary School.

He is said to have detained the women at the school in Mumias Sub-county.

He is alleged to have gone to several parts of the country recruiting women desperate for jobs with Al Hujra Company, promising to take people to Arabian countries.

He required them to give him their birth certificates and Identification Cards, while duping the school management that he was housing the women for a religious seminar that would take a few days.

Rajab denied the charges and was released on Sh20,000 cash bail.

The matter shall be mentioned on March 18, while the hearing will be on April 18.

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