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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "state whether they worked with the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and try to bring those Kenyans back home. There is no accountability at this point. If you go with the contract and choose to stay, no one holds you accountable. That is where all the problems begin. Finally, the issue of the payments being made to Kenya, in terms of foreign remittance, cannot be ignored. We need it. There are families who are dependent on this money. There are families who use the money remitted from diaspora as a source of capital to set up business. The remittances from Saudi Arabia, just like any other money coming from the Unite States of America (USA), from the expatriates such as doctors who are in India or wherever, this money has the same value as that money. One of the policies that Sen. Veronica Maina should look into is that; we can control that remittance by saying that a certain percentage of the salary that is being paid to this person must be paid to their Kenyan bank accounts. That way, when my contract comes to an end, I must come home because my money is home. If I have worked for eight months or more, my money will be available and accessible in my Kenya bank account. If we do that, we can also hold the employers on the other side accountable. This is because the moment they stop paying me in my Kenyan bank account and I have not come back home, then you know there is a deal being done under the table where cash payment are being done and that is where the problem begins. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to look into policies that govern Kenyan immigrant workers. This is an industry that should not be shut down. It is an industry like any other and should be regulated. I beg to support the Motion."
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