{"id":948369,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948369/?format=json","text_counter":468,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ijara, PDR","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor","speaker":{"id":375,"legal_name":"Sophia Abdi Noor","slug":"sophia-noor"},"content":"I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare in the 10th Parliament. We had scenarios and a lot of problems that Kenyans reported to this nation. There was a time when there were ladies who were stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and we, as a Committee, had to move, negotiate with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That is how they were brought back here. I had opportunity to go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year with a delegation and the leader of the delegation was Hon. Speaker. We went there on a mission. Kenyans who live in the capital centre, Riyadh, invited us for a get together dinner. Over 200 Kenyans invited us for dinner that evening and at the back of my mind, I had a question about the experiences that Kenyans talk about in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."}