
A year ago Al-Rai Al-Aam reported that “
First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting” (
FKTC) was awarded to work on building the new US Embassy in Baghdad, a $592 project (
Link).
This year David Phinney reports that FKTC mis-treats the labour in iraq & recruited them deceivingly (
Link), nothing reported to deny this, yet.
After doing some internet search on the company, I found out that in 2003 FKTC ranked 5th in hiring Filipinos in Kuwait (
Link), over ranked by 4 labour recruiting agencies (maids, babysitters, cooks, drivers …etc).
In addition, this year FKTC is planning 840 housing units & other public buildings in Jaber Al-Ahmad City project (
Link).
Please, if you know anything related to this company’s “scandal” in Baghdad, or a possible one in Kuwait, share it so people will know the truth.
A lot of foreign labour problems are unheard of in Kuwait, since most of us are indulged in our own lives & business. Careless of what foreign labour (mainly Asians) are going through.