Hawa jamaa wa Oman siwezi kuwasahau maana umaskini wangu unatokana na biashara haramu ya watumwa walioifanya nchini Tanzania miaka ya 1700. Waliwachukua ndugu zangu wote na hivyo ukoo wetu ukaanza moja. Wakiongozwa na Mheshimiwa Tip Tip, walifika mpaka kwetu Ujiji na kuzoa ndugu zangu wote.
Nisaidieni kupata mwanasheria tuishikaki Oman ili itulipe fidia na kisha iombe radhi kwa unyama iliyotufanyia sisi Watanzania.
OCT 19, 2014 Update:
Nisaidieni kupata mwanasheria tuishikaki Oman ili itulipe fidia na kisha iombe radhi kwa unyama iliyotufanyia sisi Watanzania.
OCT 19, 2014 Update:
I thought hawa Oman ni ndugu zatu na tumenga dam kupitia ZNZ haya sasa imekuwaje? Maana kila tukisema twaambia Ohhhhh Mashaalllah kwani weye huna ndugu Maskattii? wanaendelea kuntufanya wathumwa wao
akha mambo geni haya?
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's embassy in Oman has taken steps to address long-standing complaints from domestic workers hailing from Tanzania.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to media, an official with the embassy told The Citizen on Saturday, that the embassy had decided to take the measure following numerous complaints from Tanzanian domestic workers there.
"We have prepared a standard contract in order to safeguard rights for workers coming to work in Oman, this was due to the fact that majority of those who were brought here were treated contrary to promises they were given before coming here," he said.
The official also noted that one of the main things in the standard contract was the salary which has been increased from 27 Oman Rial (Sh118,341) to 70 Oman Rial (Sh306,810).
The embassy official said they had to intervene following persistent complaints from the workers over ill treatment from their employers.
But a recent report by an Omani newspaper shows that it is not only domestic workers who have been complaining, but other employees as well.
Quoting multiple sources, Times of Omanreported that manpower agencies in the country had stopped recruiting housemaids from Tanzania following long-standing complaints both from domestic workers and their employers that range from violence to child abuse.
According to official statistics, Tanzania provides the largest number of housemaids in Oman from Africa with over 1,600 of them employed across the country. However, recruiting agencies say that Tanzanian domestic workers last the least amount of time, among housemaids who hail from other countries.
"I have been recruiting Tanzanian housemaids for my clients for more than five years and they only stay in the country for an average of 13 months of the two-year contract that they sign. We have complaints from both sides. Employers return housemaids claiming they are rude or lazy while housemaids say that they are treated badly at work. It is not worth the trouble and this is the reason we don't bring Tanzanian housemaids anymore," said Salah Al Hajri, director of AlShizawi Recruitment Company to Times of Oman.
Four other recruiting agencies confirmed that they had stopped bringing housemaids from Tanzania. They blame both sides for not making an effort to reconcile the differences.
To address the situation, the embassy official told this paper that the standard contract is sent to Tanzania for the worker to read, understand and sign it before it is sent to Tanzania Employment Services Agency (TaESA) for approval.
"With this contract, we have managed to raise the salary scale from 27 Rial to 70 Rial, which is an equivalent of Sh306,810 together with the medical insurance and other benefits. But the problem is majority of who come here are not coming through registered recruitment agencies; we only see them when things get worse," said the source.
