Africa: Iraq firms lower pay for Ugandan recruits

[Robbien]

Source: Uganda New Vision

HUNDREDS of Ugandans recruited to work in Iraq risk losing their jobs due to competition from neighbouring countries.

While Ugandans have been paid between $900 and $1,200 a month, the recruiting agencies are now going for cheaper labour from Rwanda and Tanzania, where guards are willing to work for as low as $500.

The director of Dreshak International, which has so far taken about 2,000 Ugandans to Iraq, said they would revise the contracts of their Ugandan employees. “The contract for $900 has expired. Those willing to sign a new contract are given a chance to work for $700”, Alok Dheer told The New Vision.

“If they don’t take the offer, guards from neighbouring countries are willing to work for that amount.”

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The recruitment of guards for Iraq caused controversy in another African country. Last week, officials from a US-based security firm, Special Operations Consulting-Security Management Group, were deported from Namibia. According to Namibian information minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, two American employees-Paul Grimes and Fredric Piry-had been given 24 hours to leave the country.

Earlier, the minister had warned citizens that they risked prosecution if they were recruited by the company.



Read more: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/594337

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American mercs are paid $1,200 a day and the security firms are re-negotiating with Africans trying to get them down to less than that for a month? Bet the US taxpayer sees none of those savings.

[Vincardog]

1. So now the Mercenaries are being out sourced? Cry me a river for the soulless goons.

[ohio2007]

2. The new "Blackwater" nt

[saigon68]

3. Thugs and Hoodlums on the March!!!!!