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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Keroche",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir for also giving me this opportunity. I rise also to support the alteration of the Senate Calendar for Part IV of the Third Session. I think the Senators should work on targets to ensure that the business meant for 2024 is complete before the end of the year. I like the way the Senate Majority Leader has said that we need to alter the Calendar to ensure that we finish the business. I was surprised to see Sen. M. Kajwang' describing the job of housemaids despite being a well-exposed man. I know he moves around the world. As such, he knows that the housemaids of Canada and those of the UK drive cars. They work on an hourly basis. One cannot afford to pay them in Kenya. So, when you send them there, they will get better pay. When they come back, they will help their families and we will see progress in this country. What we should be working on is to ensure we grow our economy to meet those standards. I should be fighting for better pay for our maids here. You can imagine how many hours they work. In those countries they work hourly and earn more than Kshs100,000; I think more than teachers. So, I think when we were forming Kenya Kwanza, we were saying, Kazi ni Kazi . We will ensure we dignify all the jobs that are here. We should work very hard to ensure we grow our economy, so that we can meet the international standards. We are sending ourselves out there because our economy has an issue. Let us fix our economy. That way, our maids, teachers and parliamentarians can all be equal. Here in Kenya, we have that gap. However, abroad, there is no difference. Whether you are working as a maid, waiter or a manager, you earn the same and park the same cars outside there. That is how we should make Kenya. We need to grow our businesses, and manufacturing and create an environment for businesses to thrive in Kenya. So, Sen. M. Kajwang’, you have travelled. Do not lie to people that you do not know the work of the maid. When we send somebody to Germany to be a maid, they are highly paid, more than the District County Commissioners (DCCs) and the County Commanders (CCs) of this country. When they bring their money here, you can see the difference. You will never even know they were maids. However, here in ours, you are thinking the maid in your house is the same as abroad. I, however, know one day, even our maids here in Kenya will match the international. So, I support the alteration of this Calendar, so that we ensure that we can finish the business meant for 2024. It will be so sad that we can forward business meant for this year to 2025. 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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