Barking up the wrong tree

A few weeks ago I passed by the ministry of internal affairs. There are a lot of young people lining up to get their passports. If you pay close attention, many of them subscribe to the Islamic Religion. So the most likely destination is the middle east (Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates). Others are probably headed for China and the Far East. The latter are a group of spirited business minded folk who support and supply everything from Used Car Parts to Stationary to Vehicles and all things in between. 

There is another select group that with certificates, degrees in hand have chosen to grace the foreign industry with a learned workforce albeit from the third world to handle tasks like driving, house work as well as to help secure American Installations. 

The difference between some of our adversaries (Philippines, India) in this regard is they spend a lot of time equipping their workers with some useful skills before they go off as 'Ambassadors'- and this they often end up being. 

So without discounting some of the negative reports regarding exploitation that are making the news in some of or dailies. I would like to see a stronger insistence on recruitment and vetting, yes but also on very specific skills training and preparation for work in other countries. 

We have not often scored top of the class for work ethic. So it is easy to see how some will feel frustrated when exposed to the rigors of real 8am-5pm jobs in offices but also in homes where the task master really makes sure that the work is done. 

In addition to this, one need not go too far to see similar possibilities of exploitation in good old K of LA. Take a trip into one of our arcades and watch how much work those young women who deliver food are put through. Watch as they navigate through the alley ways, past the dog like men sitting and banging boxes. Listen as they make their way through cat calls and innuendo and as plates wrapped in cling film are moved from critical hand to critical hand until someone finally accepts the offer only to promise payment weeks later (even as the count wads of brown fifty thousand shilling notes). 

So yes get us excited that you are working on changing the condition of our workers, but do what we elected you for and make sure that we are getting value for our money at the Universities which you are planning for. Also make sure that you are not bringing our young women back from pan into a local fire where they will have to deal with double the shame. 

And please help find us a permanent secretary that can find his way around with some semblance of knowledge of the English language.