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    "id": 948382,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948382/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
        "slug": "athanas-wamunyinyi"
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    "content": "I support this initiative. Every country the world over puts in place measures to create employment opportunities for its people. We are not just talking about domestic workers. Even professionals. It is the responsibility of a country to market its professionals who have not secured employment opportunities in the country. The United Nations and all agencies under it take professionals. It is the responsibility of the Government to find ways, as a member of the global community, of marketing its people in those agencies. The African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Great Lakes Region have many opportunities for professionals that are hired from different countries in the world. Here, I fault our country. We have not worked towards marketing our human resource. Many professionals would have found their way there the way domestic workers find their way to Saudi Arabia without going through the normal process of registration, recruitment companies and through the Ministry. So, as we address issues to do with workers, particularly domestic workers, I urge that we put in place measures to help deal with unemployment in this country. In fact, we should be the ones working very hard to talk to those countries. We need to put in place bilateral agreements which will structure the relationship between the workers coming from Kenya and clearly providing for terms and conditions related to employment including movement to that country, returning home and sharing of responsibilities. This is a very important matter. I also want to note something concerning a recent report where the Government of Kenya is alleged to have frozen employment. Look at the unemployment rate. We are the highest in the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}