3 Nov 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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3 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is to inform Sen. Halake and the colleagues on how live this matter is. Just now as Sen. Halake has been talking, I have received a message form a gentleman called Majanga. He says, “ Mheshimiwa, I have an issue about my brother who died in Saudi Arabia two months ago. Kindly, how can you help me bring his body back home in Sabatia, Vihiga County?”
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3 Nov 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker.
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3 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that the report could be bulky and many Members have just gotten it. However, what Sen. Olekina is asking for is actually a case study of the Philippines within the report. That was part of our inquiry. We did thorough work. There was a presentation given to us on how they did their bilateral agreements and what they have. It should be part of the annexures in this report.
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3 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wanted to inform him in Kiswahilim, but I lack the words. If you look carefully at the report, the suspension is not for six months, it is until those conditions are met. If the Government meets those conditions in a week, the suspension is lifted. Our work as an oversight institution, therefore, will be to make sure Government meets those conditions even if it is in a month or less. This is so that we guarantee that safety. If Government truly cares about the employments and what not, then we should do that. I am ...
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2 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, 2nd November, 2021-
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2 Nov 2021 in Senate:
This is a very important Paper. This is the Report of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the Status of Labour Migration to the Middle East and Proposed Policy Interventions.
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2 Nov 2021 in Senate:
This Paper will also come by way of a Notice of Motion because the Senate will need to make a resolution on it.
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2 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, if you could indulge me kindly, as I lay the report just to list the actions that the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare is asking the Senate to take and that then can be debated at a later date.
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2 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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