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    "content": "to have migrant labourers, only to become slaves wherever they are. Even the Embassy in the United Arab Emirates should be brought to account, so that there is a mechanism of ensuring that the Kenyan migrant labourers who are being mistreated are rescued. We have been talking about rescuing the girl-child here in Kenya. The migrant workers there and the girl-child being exploited and mistreated ones need to be rescued. She is a Kenyan and need to be protected. The State should come out clearly and ensure that they are fulfilling and implementing Article 43(3) of the Constitution of providing social protection for that helpless Kenyan. As Senators, we should insist that the agencies that are taking our children to the United Arab Emirates need to take them through orientation. Some of them go through culture shock. Someone has just mentioned Ramadhan. If people have a timeline of eating, you know that you will take your breakfast in the morning and then some tea at 10.00 a.m. especially people from western Kenya take tea in the morning, lunch, 4.00 p.m. and then supper. Then you are told that you cannot eat whenever you want because there are hours to eat. There is need for orientation to avoid culture shock, which can be stressful. I do not blame the migrant workers there. I commend them for taking a daring move of going out of the country to ensure they eke a living, their children have school fees, afford a home and basic needs to their families and their significant others. However, I am calling upon the State to ensure that comes out fully-fledged to ensure the Kenyans who have gone out there to eke a living are not being mistreated or living like slaves. As a Senate, we should not rest on our laurels until this case that has been brought to the Floor of this House comes to a favourable conclusion that will ensure that when Kenyans go out work in good working conditions, are paid well, given leave allowance and allowed to come back to the country. It is unthinkable that Kenyans who go out there are not entitled to leave. Some are entitled to leave after two years. You can imagine being in one place for two years, then you are allowed one month to go and see your family. This is unthinkable and we must ensure that when it comes to foreign issues and employment, whoever is taking Kenyans to work for them is not subjecting them to any form of abuse. I support this report by Sen. Sakaja-led Committee, and hope that at the end of the day, a Kenyan is free to work outside the country and be visited by his family."
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