The development is set to strike a blow to diaspora cash inflows as remittances from Saudi Arabia accounted for nearly two-thirds of transmittal growth during the eight-month period to August last year.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has moved to revise downwards the maximum wages payable to domestic workers of Kenyan origin by up to 17.2 percent or about Sh80,000 per month, alongside those of other countries that include Uganda, Ethiopia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
In a statement from the country’s Ministry of Human Resources and…
