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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I thank Sen. Sakaja, for bringing up this issue. As I listen to other Senators discussing this issue, what goes through my mind is that we have employment contracts in this country. If normal companies breach any employment contract and harass their staff, there are laws that deal with them. Do these laws not apply to the Chinese? What is going on? Madam Temporary Speaker, on the discussion regarding corruption, I know that corruption breeds a lot of poverty in this country. Instead of money going into the pockets of Kenyans, it is going into the pockets of the Chinese. It is very unfortunate that they are taking all contracts, including jobs that Kenyans can do. We know that 70 per cent of the population of this country is youth and all of them are coming to the market to seek employment. If foreigners are taking up all the employment opportunities, where does that leave Kenya? Madam Temporary Speaker, we should not allow a foreign country to take up our heritage. If we get so indebted to them, then it means that very soon, we will lose not only our heritage, but also our sovereignty. The Committee should also conduct an analysis of the financial costs in terms of our borrowing and compare it to the cost of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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