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    "id": 948321,
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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am talking to you. Two, we want to see that people who are going to the Middle East are those who understand what they are going to do. We have cases, and one of the Members from Mombasa said it and it is true, where some girls go to the Middle East and take over homes. Some of them are thrown out through the balcony. My niece was thrown through the balcony and broke her arm and back. She is now disabled. We want the Committee to tell us: This is what we have done. We have seen what is happening in the Middle East and this is the way out. It is not only in Saudi Arabia. There is also Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. These are some of the areas that do not have labour force. Therefore, we expect you to tell us what we are going to do based on what you have done on your visit. The other thing, and I quite agree with the recommendation, the Committee wants the labour attaché to be empowered because they can also be compromised. Kenya is a corrupt country and some of them are compromised. The Committee has raised the issue of labour attache’ in their recommendations. That desk should have been strengthened, so that when Kenyans go to the Middle East to work, the attaché receives them. Today, we have over 16.9 million jobless Kenyans. This is one way of creating jobs. We want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be proactive and establish an office of labour attaches’ as well. These stories are not just rumours and media propaganda. It is true that our people are suffering. I was in Dubai about six months ago and while there, I heard that there was more than what we have seen. So, I want you to make recommendations, as a Committee, on establishment of labour attachés offices to monitor the employment opportunities. If we send out 20,000 Kenyans, we should know their destinations. Some briefcase agents transfer some of these people to the Middle East. Once they get there, they move from one employer to another. In fact, some people are suffering because they have not gone to the areas they ought to have gone to. Some of them go to more than five employers."
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