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"content": "that we hurry up and pass this Bill, so that we may find other opportunities in other countries that are indecisive. That is why they are slowly turning into an English speaking country. I have also heard other Senators talk about the importance of increasing our embassies overseas. If you go to Saudi Arabia, you will find that the Mission serves countries in the adjoining region. We know that Saudi Arabia and those other countries neighbouring Saudi Arabia is a new market that is being opened up. To that extent, then, it makes sense for us to increase embassies in each and every Middle East country, so that we protect the Kenyan citizenry who are in those countries. Madam Temporary Speaker, if this Bill is passed, the problem of Kenyans being mistreated in Saudi Arabia will be addressed. This is because we shall have a dedicated desk that will handle the issue concerning any human rights abuses that Kenyans may suffer anywhere in the world. As Senators, we must always think about the young people who do not get jobs in Kenya. Those are the millions of Kenyans who are graduating and do not get employment in this Republic. I come from Murang’a County and we are thankful that there has been a lot of investment in education. We have built so many schools. Madam Temporary Speaker, however, once a person completes Form Four, and we know the pass rate in Kenya in Form Four is about 20 to 30 per cent, where do the 70 per cent of students who fail their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KSCE) go to? Even if they go to Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions (TIVET), do they transit into formal employment? Thus, the majority of that generation becomes unemployed. That is the generation you go to Murang’a County and find in alcoholism because they have lost hope. They have nowhere else to go and get work, through which they can marry, be married, create and establish a family. Madam Temporary Speaker, such ideas of creating job opportunities for our young people outside Kenya is something that we need to embrace as a society. This is what this Bill is partly trying to address. When you take, for instance, 1,000 Kenyans to America or Britain and 3,000 Kenyans to the European Union or Australia, you will find that their incomes shoot up the date they set their foot in those Western countries. To that extent, you reduce poverty. You also make our skill set to expand because they go to those developed countries and see how those countries operate. Maybe one day, they will come back and add value to this society of ours. Madam Temporary Speaker, my heart bleeds whenever I hear a graduate who does not have employment. My heart bleeds whenever I come across a very learned young person, who was told by the teacher and the parents to read hard so that you get employment. However, after toiling in primary, high school, and university or college, that person fails to secure a single vacancy. To that extent, we need to make it as a policy that the Government must not only look for jobs here locally, but must create a desk as proposed by this Bill, which can help young people to get employment out of Kenya. Madam Temporary Speaker, once we take those young people outside there, we should not leave them to their own design. We should create this desk as proposed by this Bill and ensure that if they are abused, they have a place they can seek justice. If their"
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