“I left the country knowing I was going to work for Gulf Catering Company. But once I got there, they offered me another contract to sign with an agency known as Mueen. That’s when my troubles began,” Waigwa said...

“Getting to Mueen, I thought that we would come to an understanding, but instead, they took me to a detention centre. Apparently, the previous management had called to inform them that I was a troublemaker,” Waigwa says...

Getting medical attention was another nightmare. A doctor was only allowed at the detention centre once every two months...

“When I went to the offices after the court ruling, the management denied me access and I was served from the counter. They offered me a one-month salary and to pay my air ticket back home,” Waigwa says...

It took the efforts of his family in Kenya who rung a human rights organisation, Haki Africa, that stepped in the matter and managed to secure his release...

Waigwa vows that he will never go back to Saudi Arabia and cautions Kenyas wishing to travel to Middle East countries to prepare for the worst experience.