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"content": "Sen. Shiyonga became a great detective. It was during curfew and I believe some borders had been shut down. Therefore, you could not commute from Nairobi to Kakamega at that time. This girl sat in the cold at the airport. We could not get the agency that had sent her from Kenya to Saudi Arabia on phone. Sen. Shiyonga called and they were not responsive. You could see that there was a problem. When she came back to the country, she did not even have a penny in her bag to be able to get home and yet, this is a lady who had been out there working for a few years. Clearly, there is a problem. Colleagues, I wish I had the ability to convey to you what we saw out there, in a way that you would understand, so that you can know how dire the situation is. I also recall that we got from the Embassy a list of Kenyans who had passed away and were being brought back to the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what caught my attention was the fact that in those lists, 93 Kenyans died in 2021 alone. What was surprising to me is that out of 10 young women, maybe in their 30s and every one of them, the cause of death would be heart attack. This is just an example. I am not a medical doctor; I am far from the medical field as can be. However, common sense would tell you that seemed quite improbable. You cannot have so many people, every one of them dying of heart attack at that very young age. At number 16, you would see a road accident and the next 14 would be of heart attack. It did not seem right. There is a problem and crisis. What was clear was that our migrant workers have been thrown out there without any support from our Government. That is how it seemed. In a country where the balance of power is skewed towards the employer, we were told if you want to report, you go to the police to give your side of the story. Your employer would come and give their side of the story, but at the end of the day, you go back with your employer until they investigate. Actually, when the migrant worker wants to return home for whatever reason, she feels she is not able to continue working in that household, the employer then files a case or reports that to the police. The migrant worker is then put in jail and cannot leave jail until that case is determined."
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