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    "id": 628494,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also want to commend the Committee for the good work and Sen. Mbura for presenting this Petition. We have always had many questions as to what really happens to Kenyans, particularly the ladies. I am sure there are also gentlemen somewhere who are domestic workers, but it is only that their plight has not come out. When we have a clear foreign policy or legislation on domestic workers, we will know the way forward. We have had instances where domestic workers have suffered quietly in Saudi Arabia until someone shouts out help for them. As Sen. Wangari said, we should know for how long such workers go out of the country and when they are expected back. Cases of workers being held in foreign countries for a long time - like it happened in the United States - under pretext that they refuse to go back to their countries because of fear of being abused should be controlled. Once they finish their term they should be facilitated, so that they can bring back foreign exchange. Mahatma Gandhi once said that people should work abroad, but invest at home. If Kenyan workers in the diaspora come back to the country alive, they will increase foreign exchange."
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