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    "id": 289628,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/289628/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the same time yesterday morning between 9.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m., I was attending a meeting at the UN Headquarters in which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was the chief guest and I had to be there because it was celebrating the year of the peacekeeper with the international community. So, my apologies and we will make sure that we abide by the rules of the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my colleague wanted to know if Madam Anne Wanjiku Githai is being held hostage in a house by her employer in Dubai and the telephone number had been given but we found out that actually this is somebody who lives in Saudi Arabia. The answer is that we are aware that Ms. Ann Githai is working as a housekeeper for her employer a Mr. Saleah D. Al Anzee Gassim in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. We are also not aware that Ms. Githai is being held hostage by her employer because on 27th May, 2012, the Kenyan embassy in Riyadh contacted Ms. Githai by phone and went to the house physically. She informed us that she had been paid four months salary by her employer and that the salary had been sent to her brother in Kenya in mid April, 2012, and she was waiting to send more money to her relatives in Kenya. She is free and is absolutely not being held by anybody. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other part of the Question was whether we are aware that Ms. Githai is currently ill and in need of medical attention and yet she is being subjected to hard labour. When the Kenyan embassy in Riyadh contacted Ms. Githai she informed us that, yes, she was unwell because she had swollen legs but on the same day when we contacted her and talked to her employer, the employer confirmed that he had taken Ms. Githai to hospital for treatment where there was comprehensive medical checkup done. It was discovered that she was being treated and she was recovering. However, the individual she has been working for had been wonderful in that he was paying all the medical bills to have Madam Githai get treated and she is recovering. The other part of the Question was what urgent measures the Ministry is taking to ensure that Ms. Githai is released by her employer and, therefore, returned back to Kenya. During the time we contacted Ms. Githai, our mission in Jeddah confirmed that her working conditions were excellent and she did not have any reason whatsoever to come back. Ms. Githai categorically stated that she would wish to continue working for"
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