A section of social media users has expressed reservations after First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Agency announced it had secured Visas for 118 job applicants.
The agency that has been under probe over claims of conning hundreds of locals that applied for Qatar World Cup jobs on March 12, 2023, said the job applicants will now be proceeding to Qatar, Italy and Poland after getting the visas.
According to a statement posted on the agency’s Facebook page, it held a thanksgiving event at its new offices, to celebrate the arrival of the visas.
“First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Agency are celebrating the news of 118 of our candidates who have had their visa applications approved, paving the way for them to travel to Qatar, Poland, and Italy for work and study opportunities,” it said in part of the statement.
However, news that the agency had secured Visas for the 118 job applicants was not received well by some Facebook users.
A quick scan of the comments section indicates that some claimed the event was stage-managed to ‘cleanse the agency’, and that none of the individuals had secured a Visa.
“Watu wamenunuliwa to act, be careful,” noted one of the Facebook users – Hillary Limo.
“Hawa sijui watakuwa wamelipwa pesa ngapi to wear those t-shirt,” added another one – Abby Tarrus.
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For Lenard Lelei, the event is similar to one he claims the agency stage managed when it claimed it was taking successful job applicants to Qatar.
“Those candidates are still the one wenye walikua JKIA last time tena eucho!!!! #DCIMULIKAUG,” he said.
Following the controversy that First Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Agency found itself in over the Qatar jobs, a petition against it was successfully filed at the Uasin Gishu County Assembly.
The Assembly early this month adopted a report of the ad-hoc committee that recommended among others the county government of Uasin Gishu to revoke the business license issued to the agency.
Further, the report asked the National Employment Authority (NEA) to revoke the agency’s operating licence.
So far, no action has been taken against the agency by the NEA and the county.
