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Saudi remittances up 68pc as Kenya eyes labour deal
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Alfred Mutua during an interview at his office in Nairobi on October 28, 2022. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
Saudi Arabia has become the fastest-growing source of remittances into Kenya, prompting Nairobi to seek a bilateral deal with Riyadh over a framework under which professionals will be recruited in the Middle East country.
Kenyans working and living in Saudi Arabia wired home $302.26 million (Sh37.78 billion) last year compared with $185.01 million (Sh23.12 billion) in 2021 despite elevated global inflation that hurt inflows from major sources.
