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    "id": 1525701,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525701/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alfred Mutua",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection",
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    "content": "It is a matter of just teaching Kenyans how to seek redress without appearing to be a thorn in the flesh in these countries. Since when you travel to another country, you are a visitor. The overlying principle is if you are dissatisfied with where you are and you no longer want to be there, you can leave that country. Nobody will stop you from leaving that country and coming back home. Come back to your country. However, if you wish to stay there, then you may have to adhere. I have lived overseas. I lived in Australia, USA and even lived and worked in Dubai. There are principles that you have to adhere to in Dubai. If they tell you do not go around shaking hands or hugging women, you do not do it because that is their principles. If you feel like your rights for hugging is being embedded upon, come back home. Come and hug the ones in Kenya. Do not cross the border because there are religious factors and other factors in different countries. We are doing civic education, so that we teach our young people how to adapt to these cultures. Cultural knowledge is very important even in a country like Japan. If you go there, there are some ways you can cross your legs and insult a whole village. Thus, we are teaching them how to really behave in some countries. The Senate Majority Leader asked about the system. Before I joined the Ministry, a decision was made that instead of a new system, we are upgrading the National Employment Integration System under the National Employment Authority (NEA), with a grant of Kshs400 million from International Labour Organization (ILO). When this is upgraded, it will have all this information that is there. Currently, as I speak, the NEA website has all the information about the valid recruitment agencies. Mtu akisema anataka kukupeleka ng’ambo, you just go and check if they are valid. If that person is in that agency, their names and if they are following the 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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