Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In quick succession, I congratulate Sen. Veronica Maina, MP, Nominated Senator and the Secretary General (SG) of the ruling party and coalition for this important Motion. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: This issue on the plight of Kenyan domestic workers cannot be underscored. Every Kenyan knows why we have the media reporting about the suffering of Kenyans in the Gulf nations. This is a timely Motion. My prayer and request is that the House sees how to implement the resolutions of the Committee. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: Many people do not know that 30 per cent of the population in Saudi Arabia are immigrants. Not only from Kenya of Africa, but across other nations. Around 35 million immigrants are in Saudi Arabia. Most of them are drivers and others engage in manual jobs; what we refer in Kenya as ‘kazi za mikono ama watu wa mikono .’ Those words have other meaning in politics. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: When this issue came up, the outgoing Permanent Secretary (PS) for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Macharia Kamau, appeared before a parliamentary Committee and he said that there are over 100,000 Kenyans in Saudi Arabia who are in other sectors apart from working as house helps. It looks like there is targeted abuse towards maids and house helps within those regions. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: There are many Kenyans working as taxi operators and drivers. It behoves us, as a nation, to have a conversation about this. When you look at the remittance, the foreign exchange earnings that come to this country from Kenyans in the diaspora, you will not believe that it has overtaken coffee and tea. It is one of the highest earning of foreign exchange. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: According to the statistics provided by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), in March, Kshs42.5billion were remitted by our brothers and sisters in the diaspora. In February, Kshs36.7 billion was remitted to the country. According to the CBK statistics, the remittances in the first quarter were Kshs118 billion. This is an important source of revenue to this country. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what does that translate to? It means we must jealously protect that source through incentives and visiting days, the way we used to be visited in school. I expect the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Affairs to organize visiting days to some of these regions. The purpose of the visits would be to encourage and listen to the grievances of Kenyans in the diaspora. This is our best revenue source and we must protect it jealously. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: It is estimated that about 1.2 million young million people are released to the job market every year. What does that mean? Most of these young people travel to the Gulf nations and work there. It behoves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Affairs and that of Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to look into these issues as 1.2 million people get into the job market. It is important to take note of that. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 Nov 2022 in Senate: I have a proposal to amend civil immigration. The challenges faced by our brothers in the diaspora include access to national identity cards. You are aware that the 31st of this month is the deadline for the old passports. Many Kenyans in the USA, Europe, Gulf states are struggling to get that document and travel home for the Christmas holidays. These are people bringing money. We should be assisting them to process the document because they are a rich source of revenue. All other sources are drying up. We need to be innovative. I ask the Department of Immigration that ... view