Forbes Enterprises Ltd continues to operate illegally
Labour recruitment company, Forbes Enterprises Ltd, whose license was suspended over a year ago, has come under fire for continuing to recruit desperate Ugandans for jobs abroad.
A well-placed source privy to operations of the company has said that a year after Forbes’ license was revoked, they are still in business.
Forbes Enterprises is said to be owned by a former ISO Operative and former Isingiro MP aspirant.
“The company has continued to illegally recruit Ugandans for jobs abroad even when their recruitment license is under suspension,” a source said.
Last week, 20 of their candidates were blocked at Entebbe International Airport over lack of clear documentation.
“They get these desperate Ugandans through Facebook,” a source knowledgeable about the dealings of Forbes said.
In one of their recent posts on Facebook, Forbes Enterprises announced on 28th March 2021 that interviews for over 300 Security guards to work in Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai were going on with lucrative salaries of between Shs2 million and Shs3.2 million.
In another post on their social media pages, the company called on Ugandans to hurry and register for free in their Easter promotion bonanza for all jobs in Qatar and United Arab Emirates with a discounted air ticket fees from 30th March to 7th April 2021.
Insiders say Forbes is benefiting from non-refundable registration fees.
“On Facebook, they are advertising for Cleaners and Baggage handlers’ interviews for Qatar to be held on 5th and 7th of April at their head office in Kiwatule behind U Save supermarket. Owners of this company use these techniques to get non-refundable registration fees from candidates who don’t complain when the interviews don’t come to pass,” one of the angry interviewees said.
An official from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development confirmed that Forbes’ license is still under suspension and that they are going to raid their offices.
“Their license is under suspension. I am not aware that they are operating but let me send my people there,” Milton Turyasiima, the Assistant Commissioner Employment Services said in a phone interview.
It is said that Forbes’ license was suspended a year ago over misconduct and human trafficking allegations after it emerged that the company illegally recruited girls outside Saudi Arabia’s Musaned system. This was worsened by the unclear death of one of the girls in the country.
