Dennitah Ghati

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• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I find this Report not really rising to the objectives that it set. As we look at the Report on the Motion, it is clear that the Committee set to gather information, visited the country so that they would gather as much information as possible on the ground that would help them to establish the welfare of workers that work in Saudi Arabia. The objectives that are set in the Report were really to deal with the welfare of Kenyans and to follow up on leads that had come through the ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: work being used to legitimise very inhuman ways of dealing with Kenyans. Some of the women who choose to go out there do it on their own volition and it does not cause an issue. One of the key issues that came out clearly in the Report is that there are benefits when we have migrants or Kenyan workers going outside the country and, in particular, going to Saudi Arabia. This came out clearly in the Report. There is a way in which the migrants ease unemployment and intensify bilateral trade. It is important that as we look at the ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I thank the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for the Report that they have brought to this House. On several occasions, I have been at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). In the middle of the night, when you look around, you see thousands of Kenyan young men and women looking like our typical house girls who are on 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. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: their way to Doha, Qatar, or Dubai. I have had a chance to interact with some of them and found that many of them have no idea where they are going. They travel through Qatar Airways at midnight to Saudi Arabia, Dubai or Doha in Qatar. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: These are Kenyans who have left the comfort of their families, spouses and children to look for a better future in foreign lands. Therefore, it is good that the Committee thinks about the welfare of Kenyans who leave the comfort of their homes to go and toil in foreign lands just to keep their families safe. It is also good that the systems that allow such children to leave this country and proceed abroad are in a position to protect them in foreign lands. We cannot ignore the fact that we have seen Kenyans who have suffered in foreign lands. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me at this juncture to thank and give the Cabinet Secretary a pat on the back. He has tried because of late there have been no cases of Kenyans dying in Doha. However, there have been such cases and we cannot ignore and say that the Report is 100 per cent correct. Migrant workers’ rights must be protected whether from here or abroad. We must ensure that even the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection works together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: During the last Parliament, I served in the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and whenever we visited foreign countries, we could hear stories of Kenyan migrant workers’ relations with their bosses in those foreign lands. They were not good stories. I am happy that Kenyans are going abroad. I can read from the Report that 55,000 migrant workers of Kenyan origin are in Saudi Arabia. What about Qatar and Dubai? These are areas where the Committee has to visit and bring us a full report. The Middle East comprises all these countries. The Middle East does not comprise ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The Report is very comprehensive. It talks about the welfare of our migrant workers. What is the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection doing? They should look at the agencies that recruit these people. The agencies that recruit migrant workers should be made public. The country does not know who these agencies are yet they recruit our young people and take them to the Middle East. We have no idea. Just like Hon. Wanyonyi has said, I have also encountered people who have told me: “ Mheshimiwa, I need people from your constituency or county,” yet I had no idea ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I had opportunity to live outside this country and culture shock out there is so much. How can the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection strengthen counselling? It needs to come up with counselling sessions where Kenyans can be counselled on what to expect. The Ministry also needs to come up with mechanisms through which trainings are conducted, so that Kenyans can go out there knowing exactly what they are supposed to do and how they should cushion themselves. The trainings must engage the families that are sending their children out of the country to go ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We have a responsibility to strengthen the welfare of migrant workers out there. Recently, people talked about Doha, Qatar, which is known for mistreatment of workers. These are issues which we need to correct together with the countries where our people are going. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, should issue them with proper work permits to enable them to travel. We need to strengthen these ties, so that when Kenyans go out there, they work with dignity and provide for their families. view