Karani added: "I want to tell Kenyans who want to go using backdoor routes that there are no jobs and salary in Myanmar, do that little job you have even if it is washing toilets."
He said as they were coming, his possessions including phone, laptop were taken away and his family even does know whether he has returned.
PS Njogu warned Kenyans against being lured by non-existent jobs and using back door means to travel abroad for the hope of work.
"I urge Kenyans to only use registered agents by National Employment Authority (NEA), authenticate job offers using kazimaju@diaspora.go.ke or telephone 0114757002 and Kenyan embassy in Bangok in any job promised in Thailand including also if they are stuck somewhere between Thailand and Myanmar and we will send you help," she said.
She said it's unfortunate that many Kenyans are finding themselves in such situations after using tourist or visitors visas and rogue recruitment and tour agents, thus hard for the government to track them.
"The other loophole is where Kenyans travel to Thailand after travelling to like Ethiopia and proceed to Thailand," she said. The PS said between December 2022 and December 2024, the governed has rescued 150 Kenyans from the 'Golden Triangle' region of East Asia. Over the past one month, over 7,000 victims from different nationalities were rescued in the place by Thai military operation.
The PS also said the 78 will undergo debriefing and psychological support by HAART Kenya.
Njogu said investigations are going on to reign in on rogue agents but efforts are being weakened by victims who are not willing to come out to give information on the agents.