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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for guidance. My sincere apologies, at times, because of the busy schedule, we miss some of these points, but it is not intentional. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to Move the Motion – THAT the Labour Migration and Management Bill (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.42 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. As I earlier mentioned, I would like to appreciate the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that has prosecuted this Bill in this House to where it is today, for the Second Reading stage. The main purpose of this Bill is to provide for the regulations of private employment agencies and the recruitment of workers within and outside Kenya to safeguard the rights and welfare of our job seekers and migrant workers, with the purpose of connectivity between the foreign countries and our people. As I mentioned earlier when I started, this was driven by what I have seen over time and over the years, where our people have sought jobs through the agencies out there to earn a revenue to make a living. We have seen the challenges that have come with that. We have seen how in some cases our people have been mistreated. A few of the complaints that have been brought about have been a bit fair or okay. They have not had the same issues like most of the people who, in my view, have had challenges. It is in that regard, as a legislator, that I sat with the legal team and drafted this Bill to safeguard the working spaces that our Kenyan people work in. This Bill will ensure that we have a functionality of the authority in charge when it comes to ensuring that the recruitment agencies are thoroughly vetted, so that we do not have agencies that just moves our Kenyan people from here and leave them hanging out there, as we have seen previously. The Bill sets out regulations, policies that both countries, that is our country and the foreign countries, need to adhere to and the bilateral MOU agreements that need to be signed so that both countries have an understanding. 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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