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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Verification and approval of job orders that are emerging from private employment agencies. Continuous awareness for them needs to be offered. The Bill ensures all that. The authority that I am proposing will ensure that it monitors the performance of all these agencies. How are they working? How many people have been able to move? How many cases are being received as far as complaints are concerned and have these workers been able to go through this agent? For example, if sgent x has more issues, then there needs to be investigations as to why this agency has issues when they move people to work abroad, unlike this particular agent. There needs to be continuous inspection of these particular agencies. The authority will also ensure continuous training. There needs to be standards. Depending on the different countries that our people go to work, there needs to be different facilities that have been set up before they leave the country and they are guided by the cultural norms of the different laws that are within those countries, what they are supposed to do and what they are not supposed to do. There also needs to be a multi-agency committee on vetting of those private employment agencies. It is very important. I propose that the Principal Secretary in charge of matters on Labour and the Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs be its representatives. These two people are very important because matters on Labour and Foreign Affairs, there needs to be maximum collaboration and synergy so as to achieve maximum results. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have also proposed the Commissioner for Labour, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Director General on National Intelligence, the Director General on Migration and its representative, among many others. This is so that security is offered. There is clear data and information from the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection on what kind of works and contracts our people signs. The committee will be required to submit an annual report to the Cabinet Secretaries for Labour and Foreign Affairs. It will ensure that they have updated a list of the any new agencies that have been brought about, updated issues that have been raised, how those issues were solved and measures that have been put. The Cabinet Secretary shall also deploy a labour attaché to serve in each Kenyan mission. This is very important. Currently, we have this gap. When issues occur to people in the Gulf countries, at times, it is always a challenge on how they report and how fast the response is. If this Bill passes and there is a provision for the Cabinet Secretary to deploy a labour attaché to serve in each Kenyan mission, targeting the issue of migrant workers, then definitely, we will be able to solve many issues before they get out of hand. The Cabinet Secretary also responsible for matters foreign affairs shall put in place mechanism to safeguard the welfare of the migrant workers which include developing strategies for migrants to participate in the development process. This is so that our people do not stick to one place of employment, but are able to enhance their skills and move to the next level of employment. That will also be developing measures to enhance safety and security of migrant workers. 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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