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    "content": "This report is challenging us, as a leadership. I challenge you, Sen. Sakaja, that the report on its own is not enough. We must study and replicate an Act of Parliament, similar to what the Philipinos did in 1995. That will ensure that by statute and law, before any Kenyan boards a plane to head to this part of the world, we have signed the necessary diplomatic protocols with these counties of Saudi Arabia, Oman and all the places where Kenyans are working. This is so that as our young people head to these countries to work, they know that much as you respect culture and observe your religious practices, we are also assured of our rights. That is one of the challenges being listed here that many of them are barely literate. Sometimes they engage themselves in certain activities which maybe--- This is debatable because Kenyans sometimes have a habit of exaggerating things that they did not know certain practices are not allowed. Let us just have a clear understanding. This report goes to details of proposing these six months, which I have heard Sen. Murkomen say might be a bit punitive. I support this measure. We are not saying that we will interfere with the work of those who are already in that part of the world. At least, we must have those measures before we send anymore. While we sign and agree on additional protocols of safety and human rights observance between us and the governments where these people work, the agencies that are sending many of our young people to these countries also have certain obligations to fulfill. It is not just a matter of putting somebody--- There should be a difference between shipping potatoes and flowers out of the country and human beings. There must be more stringent rules and protocols needed before getting to that point of being satisfied that the young people being sent out of our country are well protected and taken care of. I support that clause on the establishment of a formal agreement or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between us and the Middle East. Let it be signed. Let these agencies have it written and carry some obligations. I understand this business, though not in much details. I know that most of the agencies that work on this side of the planet have a forwarding agency on the other side. The agent gets a contract and sub-contracts to these agencies. Let them know that by the time you are entering into an agreement with company “X”, “Y”, “Z”, based in"
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