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    "id": 1106045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "girl and yet, she was suffering; she was being tortured and enslaved. When we contacted the agents, they were not responding. However, this Bill is providing a clear framework, which will guide the agencies on how they will be engaging Kenyans when taking them from our country to go abroad to get employed. Most of the Kenyans are cheated that they are going to work in hotels. Some of them are cheated that they are going to work in the airport or in offices. However, after reaching those particular countries, they are reduced to work as maids against their wishes. This Bill will also provide a clear framework that will control the actions of these agencies, so that they may work based on ethical and professional frameworks and handle these Kenyans with decorum. This Bill also provides an information framework. Information is power. It will be very important for those who are within our country to get proper information on daily basis on their relatives who are working abroad. It is also very important for Kenyans in the diaspora to understand the daily activities taking place in their country. The information that will be reaching them, and the information we shall be getting from them, is very important particularly on the scholarly world. I believe that information is power because even our students who are studying abroad will be getting a lot of information. The research that is taking place in other countries will reach our country to enable us to continue using those research reports to develop our country. The framework that has been set out by this Bill on information sharing is very important. Another thing that I have seen is collaboration. The Bill is providing a clear collaboration framework by opening up collaboration avenues, where our people who are living abroad are able to collaborate effectively in terms of development, consultation, investment and so forth. The collaboration processes are very clear as stipulated in this Bill. I have also seen the Bill emphasizing on investment. Currently, there is no clear framework that will enable Kenyans living abroad or staying in other countries to get clear investment avenues. However, this Bill will provide a framework that will enable the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry that this will be customized for, to provide policies that will effectively provide ways that will enable Kenyans living abroad to participate fully in investment. This will enable them to open up their understanding and collaborative ways, so that they can invest with banks within our country and even banks in other countries. This Bill has provided a clear framework that the Government will be able to get clear updates and databases of those Kenyans living abroad. This database will enable Kenyan fiscal analysts and development departments to clearly plan for these people who are abroad and when they will come back to their country."
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