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"speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
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"content": " Thank you, Temporary Speaker. I would request the Chairperson of the Committee, in responding to this matter, to be very deliberate in his answer. You have rightly distinguished between dumping excess labour and brain drain. Indeed, sending people to the Middle East is an act of dumping excess labour. The youths of this country were promised jobs but it was all mere stories. They have now been abandoned to suffer. We need to stratify those in the Middle East. What cadre of jobs are they doing? Are they manual or intellectually stimulating jobs? What kind of roles have they been assigned? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "We must not simply offload all the hustlers who were promised jobs and have now been discarded. They are, indeed, being dumped in the Middle East. Thank you."
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"content": " Yes, Hon. Martha. Yes, it is you. Who is that? I am a little short-sighted."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to support what has been said by other Members. The security of our young people who travel abroad to seek employment is extremely critical. We have witnessed cases where some of them returned in coffins but the circumstances surrounding such deaths have never been known. Neither have such cases been thoroughly investigated. I wish to highlight the need to obtain data on how many of our young people are seeking jobs abroad. We need statistics to determine the number of those young people leaving the country, the nature of the work they are undertaking, and to ensure that we do not export so many and leave ourselves with a labour shortage. We must have people remaining behind to serve the country. Otherwise, we risk emptying the country with everyone going abroad for further studies or employment without regulation. My appeal to the Committee is to examine the statistics required to manage both the outflow of job seekers and the retention of a domestic workforce. Otherwise, we shall suffer brain drain, and we need young people here to work for us as well. Thank you."
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"content": " The last comment on this Statement request will come from the Member for Westlands, Hon. Timothy Wanyonyi."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. While seeking overseas employment for our young people is a noble endeavour, the processes must be regulated by the government. Numerous illegal agencies are fleecing our youth, extracting money from them and then disappearing without delivering on their promises. The Government must treat this issue seriously, regulate it properly and ensure that all agencies involved are held accountable. Thank you."
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"content": " Fair enough. The Member for Kesses will be the final one to comment. Please, ensure that your remarks raise points not previously mentioned."
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I believe the contributions made by Members centre around the need to establish a clear legal framework. Over time, the Government, through the Ministry, has spoken about labour migration and the signing of bilateral agreements. However, the fundamental question that the Members of this honourable House must ask themselves is whether there is a legal framework to ensure the protection of Kenyans' rights as stipulated in the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. Kenya is a sovereign State. While we address the issue of unemployment amongst the youth, we must also avoid exposing them to exploitation by countries seeking to take advantage of our trained labour. Kenya is known for its well-trained human resources. Recently, a report from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital highlighted that nurses who had been trained and had acquired experience in healthcare service provision have left the country. The institution is now struggling due to inadequate budget allocations to hire new staff. Even if it were to recruit, where would it find personnel trained to handle specialised referral cases? Facilities such as Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital cater to special cases, requiring specifically trained nurses. It is time that this House rose to the occasion and began offering guidance on this issue. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "Thank you very much."
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"content": " Is the Chairperson of the Committee present? If he is not present, we can have any Member of the Committee or Leader of the Majority or Whip of the Majority Party to give an undertaking, on behalf of the Committee? We do not have the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party, or their deputies. Is any Member from the Departmental Committee on Labour present? Hon. Millie, can you take responsibility on behalf of the House? Given that you have a broad-based government arrangement, you should be prepared to assume some responsibilities on behalf of your colleagues in the government."
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