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"content": "If the State cannot guarantee our safety in the country and outside, where do we want our people to go? I agree that labour migration has the potential to provide valuable economic opportunities to the youth but is a complete failure when young people are exploited this way, abandoned or worst of all, come back home in body bags. Must I remind us that we, young people, are the greatest asset in this country? The Committee on Labour and Social Welfare met with the Board of National Employment Authority comprising of Mr. Vincent Kigen the Chairperson and Mrs. Edith Okoki, the Director General and Secretary to the Board just last year on October, 26th. It is particularly infuriating that during the engagement, they tried making requests that we should not disband the Board because that was what was on the line for them. How come they are responsive when they need help but not when young Kenyans need help especially after all these commitments they have made time and again? As we speak, Trustpine Verified Agency Limited led by Rish Kamunge is now the scandal we are looking at. Kenya Shillings 30 Million has been swindled from young people who are stranded in Mauritius as we speak. That is the newest scandal in the block and nothing is being done. I had an amendment to the National Employment Authority Bill that has apparently died. According to the office of the Clerk, that has been killed by lack of concurrence even though it was to address these exact issues. Since last year, I have been denied the right to support and protect our young people which is my mandate as a young person in this House."
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"content": " Sen. Kisang, there is a problem with your button because it is blinking. You may proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I know what time I came in here. I have seen those who have spoken. I want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Orwoba. Two years ago, we talked about First Choice Agency and many others in this House. How long will the Ministry take before taking any action? We need to reign in these agencies. If the Cabinet Secretary is conflicted, then he should do the honourable thing. He should resign, then go and run the agencies. We can request the President to take him back as the Government Spokesperson. He did very well in that position but he is conflicted in the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. Our youths who are working outside the country have said that when the agencies take them out of the country, they are given a two-year contract. They work there for those two years only to realise they have not fully repaid what they paid the agencies by the time they are clearing the contract. We need to look the National Employment Authority Act and see how we can amend it. We do not need these agencies. The National Employment Authority should be the agency doing this recruitment because these are cartels. They are killing our youth. The same thing happens when the Government advertises employment for the National Police Service, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), National Youth Service and teacher. Our youths and their parents always end up paying Kshs500,000 or even Kshs600,000. The same disease that is happening outside the country is also happening within the country. We need to do something. We should do a surgical surgery. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "I also want to comment on the death of our doctors. Imagine one dying because of lack of medicine or even consultation fee yet you are working in a medical facility. It is like one dying out of hunger yet they are working for a hotel. This is serious and terrible. I support."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For clarity, I want to inform the whip that I am not Wamunyoro. My name is Sen. Joe Nyutu, the Senator for Murang’a County. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Orwoba regarding the exploitation that we are doing on our vulnerable youth. The major problem with this recruitment lies in the requirement for medical examination fees. We all went to school and we were all asked to take a medical certificate before admission. However, there is no instance where anybody was referred to a particular medical facility in order for them to get a medical fitness report. If this is going to continue, it must be done in a way that the employee is only required to produce a medical report without being referred to any particular facility, Mr. Speaker. The agents should not have anything to do with this medical fee. The prospective employee should go to any medical facility of their choice, preferably, a Government or public hospital to get the medical examination report. The agents should not have anything to do with this. The Cabinet Secretary must take responsibility. The National Employment Authority cannot muddy this process and the Cabinet Secretary does not take political responsibility. We know that some drivers were supposed to be engaged. They were to leave the country and be in Saudi Arabia by December last year. I know of a few who have not left in spite of having paid the medical fee and all the other fees. The Cabinet Secretary must take responsibility. We must stand here and ask the President to look at the competence of every Cabinet Secretary. Incompetence must not be seen to be residing in Mount Kenya such that the only cabinet secretaries who are incompetent are from Mount Kenya. Mr. Speaker, we must call out Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Alfred Mutua and we must tell the President to look at incompetence of every Cabinet Secretary regardless of where they come from. I submit that incompetence does not reside in Mount Kenya. It must be dealt with wherever those that are incompetent come from. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I submit."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Cherarkey on the death of Dr. Daniel Dege Chacha, who was a doctor at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Nothing grieves my heart more than seeing a doctor dying within a hospital setting. I wonder whether this was a setup. How can a doctor not be treated within the area where they are working? Is it the Government to be blamed or should we blame the Social Health Authority (SHA) for not having a cover? Should we blame the doctor’s colleagues for failing to render emergency services to the doctor who needed help? I do not find it The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "proper or in order for anybody to say a doctor or even a patient should die within a hospital setup because they do not have a medical cover. Under Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya, every person is entitled to right to health under the socio-economic rights. There is no reason and no explanation, even from private hospitals, for a patient not to be treated if they are taken to an emergency room. They should never say that they did not have money hence the reason why they were not given emergency treatment. I want to commend Machakos Hospital. A little while ago, we took a patient there and nobody asked us about money as our patient received emergency treatment. Hospitals need to know that emergency treatment is an automatic right before people decide on who is supposed to pay those bills. They should not ask at that point whether it is supposed to be paid by SHA, the family, the patient or by whoever is supposed to sort out that bill. I first blame the doctors in that hospital who denied access to medical, access to health and access to medical facility to those two doctors. I believe this was malicious and they wanted to see their colleague down. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to comment on the statement by Sen. Orwoba which I support. It is a very big shame that after some Kenyans stopped conning people using land and property, we now have a new area where they are conning people. They are now conning the vulnerable youths who are seeking for jobs outside. It is a big shame. I am asking myself, who is licensing these agencies? Who is vetting these agencies? Where is the National Employment Authority when our youths are being conned money they do not have? No youth has Kshs50,000 in their pocket."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to comment on the Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, the Senator for Kisumu County on the issue of clean water. Water is part of the default functions. Therefore, Kisumu County Government and Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency have a responsibility to make sure that the residents of Kisumu have clean and accessible water. This should actually not just apply to the residents of Kisumu but the entire basin. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the challenge that there is in supply of clean water in Kisumu is also associated with the source of the water. As you know, we have Lake Victoria, that we are supposed to use for transport and fish. However, we are not supposed to touch the water of Lake Victoria because it is part of the Nile water. It is time as countries of the East African Community, that we sit down under African Union (AU) to discuss the Nile Treaty. There is no way countries along the Nile will continue to stay without clean water just because there is a treaty that was signed over 100 years ago. That is a matter that must be taken up by the State Department of Water to ensure that counties that are around Lake Victoria are able to utilize the water in Lake Victoria, both for domestic and commercial purposes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of supply of clean water is also associated with the governance structures that are available in the water service providing companies that we have in our counties. Recently, in my own county, we witnessed a situation where clean drinking water from Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company (ELDOWAS) was mixed up The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "with waste water or sewage water, and we had a diarrhea menace in the whole county. Before we could settle, recently, we were served with water that looked like strong tea from ELDOWAS. County governments must take the management of water provision seriously and take the necessary steps to ensure that there is clean water so that the health of our citizens is also guaranteed. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the death of the doctor, I wish to let all hospitals in the country, whether private, mission, or Government, know that the law that has now been passed allows every citizen to access emergency services without any pay. So, there is no excuse whatsoever as to why that doctor had to die on account of the fact that there was no medical cover for him. I would like to ask the medical practitioners and the doctors that if you cannot save your own colleague---"
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