'My daughter has gone missing in Saudi,' mother appeals for help

The mother of 28-year-old Ann Muthoni is appealing for help after her daughter, who has been a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia went missing.

According to Njeri Mwangi, her daughter had run to the police in Saudi Arabia a few days ago after torture and death threats by the employer.

The police then handed her over to an agency that received her in Saudi. However, Muthoni was subjected to physical and psychological torture by the agency.

When she requested the receiver agency to contact the Kenyan agency that processed her travel to Saudi, she was forced on a video call, asked to remain silent and only say that she was fine.

The agency at Saudi then locked her at a centre where she found another Kenyan lady who was able to smuggle in a mobile phone. Muthoni used it to share her plight with her family back at home.

Three days later, the family cannot reach her and her whereabouts remain unknown.

The family now suspects that the two Kenyan ladies were separated and is appealing to the government of Kenya to intervene and help them trace Muthoni.

Kenyan domestic workers have continuously reported cases of mistreatment in the hands of employers in the gulf despite government’s promise to intervene.