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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for allowing me to also support the Motion by Sen. Veronica Maina. My colleagues have spoken to this issue. They have given us statistics of what some like Sen. Cherarkey call remittances of foreign funds or resources to this country from our sisters, brothers, aunties and mothers working in the Middle East and other such foreign countries. My other colleagues have also spoken on the importance of protecting the rights of those workers who in their bid to seek for greener pastures, find themselves in foreign lands. In this particular Motion, foreign land is the Middle East. I would like to limit my support to this Motion and the concerns to the plight of our young girls and boys - brothers and sisters who have gone to Saudi Arabia. Madam Temporary Speaker, when I say so, I have in mind the case of Ms. Diana Chepkemoi who landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on 6th September, 2022. She comes from Bomet County, a county that I represent; in the Sub-County of Konoini. The tribulation the family went through will not be taken away by the conversation about the amount of foreign exchange that we get. We cannot even for a moment say; “let us compare what we receive as remittances from such foreign countries to the rights of our boys and girls and any other employee or immigrant or whatever we call those who go out there to look for greener pastures.” Sen. Veronica Maina took the House through the proposals that she has made and they make one to wonder; to what extend can we accept, as a nation, to continue having this debate, engaging the House, giving reports and recommendations year-in, year-out. The Senate Majority Leader has spoken. He has informed the House that barely six months ago, a Report was placed before the House by a Committee that was similar to the one this particular Motion is asking the Motion to be committed to it to give us a report has done. That Committee gave recommendations but the question is, what have we done to those recommendations? Must we have a debate in every Session of Parliament for purposes of keeping it in our library? Must we, as a country, spend time and resources debating just for the sake of it? It is high time we call upon this House to not only commit the Motion to the relevant Committee but to also ensure that whatever recommendations that are made are implemented. A proposal has been made that we should not allow any further debate but should instead enact a law that will give this country, the Cabinet Secretary or anyone who is listening and wants to also serve this county in a better way the teeth to bite. The opportunity to protect the interests of these Kenyans cannot only be protected by the debate in this House but by making sure that the recommendations that were made are implemented."
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