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    "id": 1199335,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as has been the tradition in this House, one or two Members are given the opportunity to ride on a Statement given by a Member. The Senator for Kitui County has brought a very important Statement. It is instructive to note that this House carried out a very serious investigation on this same matter in the last Parliament. The then Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, Sen. Sakaja, now Governor of Nairobi City County, even visited Saudi Arabia with his Committee to investigate this matter. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you allocate this Statement to the relevant Committee, it will be important for that Committee to start from where the previous Committee left. Before visiting Saudi Arabia, we need to find ways of engaging the Embassy here, the National Employment Authority (NEA) and the agencies that are licenced to take people to other countries. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must be truthful because every time we raise this issue, blame goes back to the agencies that take Kenyans to those countries. However, those agencies retort that the persons sent to Saudi Arabia get there and change employers. They move to a different employer who then becomes abusive and it becomes difficult to track these employers."
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