Kenyan Domestic Worker Jumps To Her Death In Jordan

Jordani newspaper reports indicate that a 22yr old Kenyan woman, whose name was not given, jumped from the second floor of a building to her death at the University of Jordan Street in Amman. “She was rushed and admitted to a nearby hospital but she died. Her body was transferred to a forensic medical
facility to determine the cause of death. “Preliminary investigation does not indicate the existence of criminal suspicion,” local newspaper, Al-Ghad, reported last week that17 other Kenyans sought help to return home  after fleeing from their employers. A Kenyan working in Jordan Sunday said that the 17 are stuck in Amman because they are unable to get their passports which were confiscated by their employers. A local news site, Garaan News Sunday reported that the 17 are in a deportation camp after refusing to continue working for their respective employers. “The 17 Kenyan workers came to Jordan to be employed as domestic workers but after a few months, they demanded to be taken back. “The workers union said it was ready to help them but it turned out some of them do not have passports and have been unable to reach to their embassy for help,” the paper reported. Mr Washngton Oloo, the Director of Diaspora Services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said “We have some girls who are stuck there and are in need of help. We are not aware of the death but I know of the girls who ran away from their employers. “Arrangements are underway to bring them back home,” he said by phone. The government, earlier this month, announced it had banned recruitment of domestic workers to Jordan to stem rising cases of mistreatment of Kenyans in the Middle Eastern country.