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    "content": "numbers are about 90,000 domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Those are the ones we know because it seems as though we do not have good records. As my Chair explained a little bit before me, we have Kembois there who are said to help them run, but sometimes the migrant workers are misled, and so, they jump from the frying pan to the fire. It is a bad situation in every way. We have recruitment agencies from this side that are making money from these people. You also see a group of workers who cannot even communicate when asked questions. Some of them are not even able to communicate. There must be better ways to do this than what is happening out there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a Committee, we looked at all these issues and saw how serious this is to our fellow Kenyans; the migrant workers, whose only crime is getting out there to put food on the table. I remember, we engaged quite a few of them and found out that most are single mothers who have left their children back here in Kenya and gone to find greener pastures. Some of them said that they are the ones who take care of their siblings, parents as well as the children they left behind. As a country, it is telling when we cannot take care of the weakest ones; for them to be put in this kind of position. Migration is not a dirty word. There is nothing wrong with us having Kenyans going out and being migrant workers, but it must be done properly. Most of the advanced countries take in migrants because they need the labour. As much as we want them to find a place to make a living, it cannot be done at the expense of their lives. As a country, we cannot continue to allow that."
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