A petition to Kenya and Finland governments,reveals of Human trafficking!
Finland-Kenya petition
A Kenyan living in Helsinki, Finland has petitioned both the Kenya and the Finland government over claims of human trafficking in the name of Education tourism.
Elizabeth Mokkonen who is married to a fin says many of the Kenyan Students studying in Finland have been forced to engage in prostitution in order to survive.
In her petition that’s seeks close to 500 signatures ,Elizabeth claims many of the Kenyan Students in Finland are living in pathetic conditions despite having sold most of their properties back home in order to raise fees for an education program that was not well informed ,
“Families have sold land, taken hefty loans to assist their children to come study in Finland with lies from Kenyan agents plus their fake county representatives who made Families to get into contracts they know nothing about. Families were lied to about their children making millions, some left their good lives in Kenya, well paying jobs, their families, only to come go without food and be chased from their houses. No jobs as promised , as you must be able to speak the Finnish Language in order to work” She says
Elizabeth further claims many of the Students and their parents have no knowledge of the contracts they signed which have since been hidden from them by their agents and partly some of the county governments involved in Finland Education program,
“The monsters within. The angels of Darkness. The heartless humans. What is inside these contracts? What were the students and their families signing for? Why hide these contracts? We need to give updates on the ROT within and without the Finnish and Kenyan governments that lead to a student committing suicide on the 18th 04.2023 in Finland and many more left depressed and at the verge of death” She Claims in her petition.
The Petitioner notes that Students and their families are made to pay between Ksh 170,000 and Ksh 220,000 per semester with the pretence that the government will be sponsoring them.
This she claims has led to many of them getting into depression , some into prostitution and unfortunately one has committed suicide .
The petition seeks both the Kenya and Finland government to unveil the faces behind the so-called agents who lavish in money as students suffer in the Northern European nation bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia.
The petition comes at a time when 10 Nursing students out of the 25 from Nandi County and who are currently pursuing a practical training top-up program in Finland have been issued a 30 day notice of termination of services for failing to pay their school fees as agreed in a document signed between the County government of Nandi and Edusampo Ltd Ceo Terhi Toikkanen June 2022.
“Tuition for the students already in Finland will stop,which also means they will have to leave the country within thirty days as their residence is justified by the studies” The notification reads in part as seen by the Hubzmedia.
Various quarters are however questioning the involvement of Governors in the Finland Education program?
In Kenya, the County governments, through the county education boards are tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the operation and management of Pre-primary education programs,village polytechnics, home-craft centres and childcare facilities .
Uasin Gishu county, Nandi, and Elgeiyo marakwet are some of the North Rift counties that continue to support various Educational programs in Finland and other parts of the world.
The Uasin Gishu County Assembly is on record having questioned the Finland education program following a petition that was raised in the assembly regarding the fate of hundreds of Uasin Gishu students in the said country.
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