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    "id": 1443650,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443650/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was saying that there are thousands of Kenyans in the Gulf countries, and I will tabulate the data available. We have in total over 400,000 Kenyans in the Gulf States tabulated as follows; Saudi Arabia, there are 310,266 Kenyans. In Qatar, 66,025; United Arab Emirates (UAE), 23,000; Bahrain, 8,000; Oman, 5,392; Kuwait, 3,515; Iran, 200 and Iraq; 150. The total record we have as of to date is 416,548. I wish to further state as follows: Kenyans in these territories exhibit high movement between various Gulf States. The numbers given, therefore, constitute periodic statistics derived from our missions in these countries further corroborated through official sources of the host governments. It should be noted that not all Kenyans register with our missions abroad despite being sensitized on the importance of such registrations. Hence, sometimes it is difficult to have very precise data. Under the circumstances, it is not easy at this stage to be able to say that we can avail all the identities of these 416,000 individuals in the Gulf states. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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