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    "id": 1181224,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "girls are going to work for should members of their family want to contact them. The family should have an avenue through which they can reach them. The Government should also be challenged to ensure that the labour attaches in those countries are properly funded for them to maintain constant communication with the millions of Kenyans who are working in those far-flung countries. If we do so, it will be possible for them to reach out at the slightest opportunity when any Kenyan runs into problems in whichever part of those countries. I do not understand why and how it is possible for people to be employed in the 21st Century and be told that they cannot communicate. Communication is a basic human right, especially the ability to talk to one’s family when one is living and working in distant parts of the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the conditions that we need to set and must agree to is that the agent who is signed up and registered by the National Employment Authority, must secure the rights of the citizens. As they send those girls to Saudi Arabia, they should let them know of their rights and privileges. They should know if they are being granted leave and after how many days? They should know what time of the day are they allowed to communicate. However, I would also understand some of these challenges because I know the domestic workers can sometimes spend a lot of time on social media and on their phones even in our homes. As such, that they run into problems with their employers. Be as it may, it should never get to the point where people’s children are not able to communicate with their family as such is the case. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is the job of our labour attaches. They should ensure that the working conditions of the citizens working outside the country are common and respected working conditions across the globe. This conversation is happening as the world continues to pressure Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The world Cup is going on in Qatar. Many countries that are passionate about human rights are running a global campaign to boycott watching the World Cup game or the visiting Qatar. That is because of their unequivocal position and inability to speak coherently about human rights and the working conditions of their migrant workers, especially those who put up the stadiums and even those still to working there. As a country that is leading in availing migrant workers to the Middle East, we should be part and parcel of that conversation. I do not think that we are so poor. We may not be an economic powerhouse that we can shake some of these countries, but we are part of a global community. We can lobby the rest of the world and speak in one voice to ensure that any person working in any part of the globe is assured of certain basic rights. These are conversations that we get to hear every time there are global conversations on human rights and labour issues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the proposals that have been made. I have seen the six recommendations that Sen. Veronica Maina wants us to agree to as we support this Motion. I endorse all of them with a little amendment to the first one. In the first there is a proposal that the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection amends the National Labour Migration Regulatory Framework Policy to address the labour exportation management."
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