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    "id": 331314,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyonka",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Momoima Onyonka",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have stated in this House, the number of Kenyans who are working in Saudi Arabia are not less than 80,000. The cases of Kenyans who have had incidents and Kenyans who have suffered and some who have died has not been such a significant number that would make it impossible for us not to put interventions in place to make sure that these very few events and occassions which tarnish the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Kenya are sorted out. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the truth is that the Saudi Arabia Government has been a friendly State. They have provided employment for our people. They have treated our people very well most of the time. But the incidents that have occurred which have been negative are the ones which we have been working on. One, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up an ad hoc committee which has been meeting and has met with the stakeholders. We have agreed now to have a one-stop shop where we can discuss and agree with the agents when they are recruiting Kenyans for them to tell us where the Kenyan will work, who the employer will be and to inform the Kenyan ambassador who is in Jeddah. Finally, the Kenyan Government has deliberately made it known that since last week, any Kenyan who is travelling to Saudi Arabia or anywhere in the Middle East to go and work must now provide information on who the employer will be and must inform the Kenyan ambassador in any of the Arab States so that we can follow up and make sure that there is no negative incident coming out of there."
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