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    "id": 1106030,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106030/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "The other problem that Kenyans living in the diaspora mentioned to me is that when they go to those offices, there is no efficiency in terms of service being offered to Kenyans in diaspora. Kenyans spend one day or more trying to do paper work and other processes and then they will be told to return later. Whereas when they are renewing the passports of their adopted countries, it takes them very few hours to get that done. They go online, fill out all the necessary forms and then wait to receive their passports to their addresses almost in real-time. That speaks to the kind of efficiency that we should demand from the people who serve us; the civil servants who have been privileged to join the public service. Our civil servants serving in the Kenyans embassies and high commissions should be sensitive to the fact that every hour counts out there because people earn per hour. If Kenyans in the diaspora spend time travelling all the way from Melbourne to Canberra in Australia or in the case of the United States of America (USA) from Seattle to Washington DC, we are not being fair to our people in the diaspora. I met another Kenyan friend who is originally from Meru in Sydney who shared the same struggles that Kenyans go through in the diaspora. I could not understand why Kenyans in the diaspora have to go through all these agonizing experiences yet they are key stakeholders in our economy. Madam Temporary Speaker, I appeal to the Government to take this Bill seriously and ensure that we treat Kenyans in the diaspora correspondingly taking into account their contributions to our economy. If you want to understand how important the population of Kenyans in the diaspora is, you need to look at the case of India which is one of the countries that has sent out so many of its citizens to so many countries. If your visit Kisumu, you will be shocked at the large of Indians in that city. The MP of Kisumu Town East Constituency is an Indian called hon. Shakeel Shabbir who is now serving his third term uninterrupted. There is also another Indian MP from Uasin Gishu County by the name hon. (Dr.) Mishra who has been nicknamed Kiprop. There is also another MP of Indian descent from Meru County by the name hon. Abdul Rahim Dawood. There was also another Indian MP in the last Parliament by the name, hon. Sumra, who was the MP for Embakasi Constituency. Indians migrate from their motherland, come to this country and excel in many spheres. There are many businesses in Kenya that are run by Kenyans of Indian descents. India is the leading country in terms of remittances from the diaspora. Indians in the diaspora contribute 12 per cent of all the money that is remitted back to their country. If you visit Dubai today, you will find so many Indians in the hospitality industry as well as the security sector of the UAE. The Indians who live and work in the UAE alone remit US$13.8 billion back to their country. That is a lot of money. We need to support the Kenyans who have gone out of the country to look for greener pastures for lack of good employment opportunities, we treat them nicely and put in place systems that make it easier for them to have connections to their motherland. On the issue of trade and transfer of knowledge and skills, there is a time that Nyamira County received volunteer Kenyan nurses from Texas, United States of America (USA). After receiving voluntary services for one week, patients were crying when the nurses went back to the United States of America (USA). The locals benefitted immensely from the transfer of knowledge and skills as well as the professionalism that"
}