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    "id": 1106048,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106048/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
        "slug": "christopher-andrew-langat"
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    "content": "There is another framework that clearly states how those people will return from abroad to Kenya after living abroad for a long time. These people require some very clear policy that will enable them to come back to their country and adjust their lifestyles to this country. Most of the Kenyans have left Kenya for almost 40 to 50 years. For those people to come back and adjust their lifestyle to live in Kenya, it is not very easy. This Bill will enable the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Immigration to provide policies that will enable Kenyans who are returning to their country to be assisted. They will be assisted through counseling and psychological processes that will enable them to adjust and live in their home comfortably. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have also seen that this Bill will engage the concerned Ministry in providing almost weekly, and even monthly, updates about the lives of Kenyans who are living abroad. It will also check to find out how Kenyans are living abroad. We have travelled to most of the countries, and when you travel to other countries and see how Kenyans are suffering and being frustrated, it really demoralizes you. I support this Bill and say that it should be expanded further, so that those people living abroad may get proper policies for health through the engagement with the health insurance policies that we have in Kenya. They should even come up with welfare policies for Kenyans who are living abroad. I have seen this with Kenyans living abroad. Whenever something unfortunate happens, say, someone dies, it is so expensive for the family members to bring their body back. If this Bill comes up and those additions are made on the welfare of those Kenyans when they are living and no longer living, it will enable most of the Kenyans living abroad to live comfortably knowing that they have welfare when they are living and when they depart. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill and congratulate Sen. Kang’ata. I call upon all the legislators to support this Bill to see the light of day, so that Kenyans may live comfortably wherever they are. I support."
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