Nature of Human Trafficking to Saudi Arabia from Murang’ a South Sub-County, Kenya
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2022-09-19
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Abstract
Human trafficking is identified as one of the most widespread organized
crimes against humanity across the globe. The vice has huge implications for
human rights and human dignity in the civilized world. While large scores of
profits and influence for criminal organizations fuel human trafficking, it is
also coupled with human suffering, deaths, exploitation, slavery and loss of
human dignity for its victims. Therein, this study sorts to explore the nature
of human trafficking to Saudi Arabia from Murang’a South sub-county. The
paper was informed by foreign policy analysis theories that included the Ac tor specific theory, decision making theory, comparative foreign policy theory
and of transnational organized crime theory. Exploratory research design was
employed to establish the prevalence levels of human trafficking and the fac tors influencing human trafficking in Murang’a South Sub-County. Purposive
sampling and snowballing sampling techniques were used to gather sample
population. Primary data was collected through surveys, interviews and focus
group discussions, while secondary data through foreign and public policy
document analysis. The researcher used Statistical Packages for Social Sciences
(SPSS) for data analysis. Consequently, Data was presented using tables, charts,
bar charts and graphs to underscore various relationships between the inde pendent and dependent variables. The findings of the research indicated that
human trafficking is an ongoing contemporary social problem rooted in in tergenerational occupational injustices and factors such as poverty, level of
education, ignorance and criminal activities. These factors of predisposition
are further compounded by insufficient government regulation and enforce ment failures that occur on various paths of public service delivery. The study
noted that the increase in bilateral trade ties between Kenya and Saudi Arabia
and the promise of employment lured many victims to traps of human traf fickers. The study recommends that Kenya should create awareness and cation campaign on susceptibility to human trafficking through enforcement
and implementation of anti-trafficking strategies.