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    "id": 1181204,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1181204/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Out of this, 400,000 of them are in the Gulf States. The number could be high because of the World Cup and it could be a challenge. Saudi Arabia, where we have the biggest problem, Kenyans living there remitted Kshs22.65 billion as part of revenue remittances, between January and August this year. That shows that in as much as there are abuses and challenges faced by Kenyans in Saudi Arabia - who we sympathize and empathize with and send condolences to their families and friends that have lost their loved ones in those regions - it continues to give us a lot of resources. In the first eight months, Saudi Arabia was the second highest foreign exchange earner according to CBK. The United Kingdom was leading with remittances totalling to Kshs225.4 billion. Saudi Arabia was second with Kshs22.65 billion followed by the United States of America (USA). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you must have seen Kenyans saying in the social media that they normally send messages to the ladies who remain behind promising them that they would be married this December. However, they are only remitting Kshs188.8 billion. It looks like the ladies who are being sent money from America are not “eating fare”. When you look at those statistics from number one to three, you can see this Gulf nation continuing to be a fertile ground for revenue into this country. Therefore, I know that Parliament has done something where you used to sit in the last Session. In the last financial year, I do not know where this US$3 million that was allocated to build safe houses went to. I am not saying that the Committee of Labour and Social Welfare should be given a free---"
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