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    "id": 948308,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "be mistreated, you will see the symptoms. You will not see the real thing. You will see that many people… I went to one of those countries – I will not say which one because we do not have a substantive Motion on the same – when I was doing my research. I got into a flight and found it had many Africans going there. When you go to that country, you will not find one of them. You then ask yourself: where do they go? You will not see them working anywhere. Because of that, I was intrigued and therefore did further research. I discovered that majority of the women who go there are young. Their passports are confiscated; they are tortured, and mistreated. That is what we wanted the Committee to tell us. When the Committee found Kenyans there, what was the situation? It is not so that Kenyans do not go there, but to improve the situation as we look for jobs for Kenyans. That is what I am castigating the Committee’s Report for. It has been done so casually. The Committee is telling us that they went to talk to an attaché. Of course, he will tell you nice stories, so that he or she appears to be doing a good job. However, what is the actual situation there? The kind of information that the Committee is giving is something that I can google and give you better results. You do not need to take a flight to do the kind of Report that you have given us here. I want to tell the Committee that, in future, when they go to another country, especially on an issue that is as important as the jobs that we are looking for, for our young people that are unemployed, we will expect more from the Committee. Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, this is not about you, but I hope you are taking this matter seriously. When you see Members raising issues of concern in respect to some of the work that you do, it has got nothing to do with you as a person. Take this issue seriously. We want jobs for our people but at the same time, we do not want them to be mistreated when they go there. What about the cases that we have heard of people being thrown from balconies to die? I was embarrassed to listen to a Member who spoke before me. He said that it is propaganda we are hearing. Who is he representing; Kenyans or another nation? There are Kenyans who, for sure, are being mistreated. There are Kenyans who are dying. What is the Committee’s recommendation about better treatment of Kenyans? We needed more serious recommendations from the Committee indicating how we are going to deal with the human rights violations or suspected human rights violation. In terms of research network, we expected the Committee to have spoken directly to Kenyans who are working there. The Report does not tell us that they spoke to Maimuna, Akinyi and Wanjala. The Report says that they met people who are doing official work. The nature of trafficking, and that is what happens to many people who go there, we are talking about here is when you exploit a person. Your intentions could be good, but in the process it turns out to be negative. The Report talks about rogue agents. What are we doing about them? We are the lawmakers. What are we doing? With those few remarks I, once again, thank the Committee for bringing the Report, but humbly indicate that I do not support it."
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