{"id":1115400,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1115400/?format=json","text_counter":81,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Endebess, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose","speaker":{"id":1458,"legal_name":"Robert Pukose","slug":"robert-pukose"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to comment on this Petition on mistreatment of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries. As the Committee looks into it, I wish it could develop a bilateral agreement that the Kenyan Government can sign with those countries that guarantees safety. It is because this is a very big industry. As an industry where employment is created for these domestic workers, there is no way we can do without it. It is a livelihood. It is an opportunity for them. But, we can have a way of regulating it so that these people can benefit and also work under good conditions that are up to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards."}