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Kenya Protests Lebanon’s viral Controversial Maid AD

Kenya Protests Lebanon's viral Controversial Maid AD
Kenya Protests Lebanon’s viral Controversial Maid AD

BEIRUT: Kenya has lodged a complaint through its Beirut consulateย against a controversial Mothersโ€™ Day maid ad for “special offers” on Kenyans, which caused an uproar on social media last month.

A judicial source told The Daily Star the consulate filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office Tuesday that the ad was offensive to Kenyan citizens, and urged authorities to punish those responsible.

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The advertisement, which was sent to thousands of mobile phone users across Lebanon last month, sparked outrage, with social media users denouncing it as racist.

The ad read: โ€œFor Motherโ€™s Day indulge Ur Mom and offer her a housekeeper. Special offers on Kenyan and Ethiopian nationalities for a period of 10 days.โ€

Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi has referred the maid ad to the prosecutorโ€™s office for investigation.

Rights groups have repeatedly criticized Lebanon over the poor treatment of domestic workers in the country, which uses a sponsorship, or “kafala,” employment system.

The system bounds the maid to the employer, restricts her freedom of movement and denies her protections stipulated in the Lebanese labor law.

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In January domestic workers declared the formation of a union to demand better treatment and highlight their current hardships, but it was immediately rejected by Azzi.

Source-dailystar.com.lb

Kenya Protests Lebanon’s viral Controversial Maid AD

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