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    "id": 681039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was wondering if 20 minutes is that short. This Bill creates sufficient ground for the Government to work in consultation with PBOs to ensure that various rights are realised. Most importantly, the Act is supposed to ensure that no foreigners work in Kenya if at all the services they want to offer can be offered by Kenyans. They must convince the Authority that the services for which they request expatriates to come are services that are not available to Kenyans, which is a good provision. They will give justification as to whether they think the skills the expatriates bring are skills that are not available in Kenya and for how long. They are also going to make sure that they train Kenyans to gain the skills. That is an important safeguard because we have had various people coming in to do work which ordinarily would be done by Kenyans. Their simple justification has always been because the funds have come from their Governments. One of the other things that are important is that the tribunal that is herein established is going to resolve issues that were erstwhile subject to court processes and have been very opaque. This Bill, if enacted, will make sure that a very important Act comes into force. PBOs in this country have been very important. There are sectors in this country that before devolution were benefitting only from the services of PBOs. So, we should do anything we can right now to ensure that PBOs work in a manner that is properly regulated, clear and that respects the law. This Bill has been in abeyance for four years since the Act was passed in 2013 and what is left is only to bring it into operation, I hope we can fast-track it. It is simply a one-line amendment to a very important Act. I would request my colleagues to support it because we appreciate however much there have been issues with a couple of PBOs, this Bill is going to sort them out in the manner I have said. The Federation is going to provide for self-regulation of the various PBOs. The Authority is going to cascade its work to the counties, so that the works of the PBOs is no longer opaque. With those many remarks, I request the Member for Wajir South, Hon. Abdullahi Diriye, to second this Bill."
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