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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the clarification I would like to make on this matter is two-front. The first clarification is that, yes, we have been having very outstanding cases where Kenyans have been abused, misused and lost their lives. I would like to state that even when that has been the case, a huge number of Kenyans live in Saudi Arabia. The data we have is that the number is not less than 50,000 Kenyans. They earn a decent living by working. They have not been mistreated. They are actually helping because their remittances come back to build this country. Therefore, the Saudi Arabia Government has been positive in encouraging Kenyans who go and work in Jeddah and many other areas in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Speaker, Sir, but even when that is the case, I do agree with what Mr. Kiema Kilonzo has said. We have had complaints. I would not want anybody to blame our ambassador. The reason is that the ambassador has constantly been reporting to us on what is going on. He is overwhelmed. The budget that has been allocated to him in Jeddah is not enough. It does not help him to provide all that appertains to making sure that the Kenyans who are rescued are, for example, given a place to stay, taken for medical help and psychological analysis, evaluation and treatment. These are issues that I would wish that this House would look at very seriously and make sure that in the next Budget or even in the Supplementary Estimates, it would allocate funds which would go directly to help Kenyans who are getting into trouble in the Diaspora."
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