Prime Cabinet Secretary and CS of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has said that at least 316 Kenyans have died working in the Gulf States since 2002 to date.
Speaking when he appeared before the Senate plenary on Wednesday, Mudavadi said they are spread across six of the eight states.
"The records we have show that the total number of Kenyans who have lost their lives in the Gulf region is 316," he said.
The states include Saudi Arabia with 166 deaths, Qatar 58, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 51, Iraq 25, Bahrain 10, Kuwait 6, while Oman and Iran have zero deaths.