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    "speaker_name": "Siaya County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to support what has been said by other Members. The security of our young people who travel abroad to seek employment is extremely critical. We have witnessed cases where some of them returned in coffins but the circumstances surrounding such deaths have never been known. Neither have such cases been thoroughly investigated. I wish to highlight the need to obtain data on how many of our young people are seeking jobs abroad. We need statistics to determine the number of those young people leaving the country, the nature of the work they are undertaking, and to ensure that we do not export so many and leave ourselves with a labour shortage. We must have people remaining behind to serve the country. Otherwise, we risk emptying the country with everyone going abroad for further studies or employment without regulation. My appeal to the Committee is to examine the statistics required to manage both the outflow of job seekers and the retention of a domestic workforce. Otherwise, we shall suffer brain drain, and we need young people here to work for us as well. Thank you."
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