Musalia Mudavadi

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• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: You will also appreciate that sometimes we have cases where Kenyans are in distress and some can signal the Embassy and say they are in distress. However, there are others who do not speak at all when they are in distress. So, we sometimes stumble on information maybe because it was not volunteered by the person in question. This is the example of the Dida case. We were reading about it. Obviously, it was his personal decision to go, but he was silent on the communication of his whereabouts or what he was doing. So, it becomes very difficult to ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: also under diplomatic arrangements and we may need to seek clarification, so that we tackle that particular issue. The Senator did touch on the investments that Uganda made at that time. I believe they were lucky and were wise in a way. However, I had responded to it partially by saying that right now in New York, for instance, Kenya has bought a floor in a building. I am also happy to state that during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Conference, Sen. Ledama was with us in that very space that has been bought by Kenyans in New York. ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Senator for Nandi for reminding me. We cannot have labour attaches in all the missions. It is all a question of the resources and assessing the demand in a specific area. However, under the consular services, we are trying to provide a holistic response, advice and support to issues that may be labour-related. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only department that would deal with this is the Immigration Department. As I had indicated because it was raised earlier, we may need to have some specifics on some of this so that jointly with the Immigration Department, identify the bottlenecks and make this a little smoother. If the hon. Senator has some time, I would not mind having conversation or details on the specific cases that she is talking about. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I do not know whether I am audible. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. On the first question--- view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to state that there are thousands of Kenyans in the Gulf countries who are employed in various sectors. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was saying that there are thousands of Kenyans in the Gulf countries, and I will tabulate the data available. We have in total over 400,000 Kenyans in the Gulf States tabulated as follows; Saudi Arabia, there are 310,266 Kenyans. In Qatar, 66,025; United Arab Emirates (UAE), 23,000; Bahrain, 8,000; Oman, 5,392; Kuwait, 3,515; Iran, 200 and Iraq; 150. The total record we have as of to date is 416,548. I wish to further state as follows: Kenyans in these territories exhibit high movement between various Gulf States. The numbers given, therefore, constitute periodic statistics ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the second question was how many Kenyans have lost their lives working in the Gulf states from 2002 to date? The records that we have show that the total number of Kenyans who have lost their lives in the Gulf region is 316. The breakdown is as follows: Saudi Arabia, 166; Qatar, 58; UAE, 51; Iraq, 25; Bahrain, 10; Kuwait, six; Oman, nil and Iran, nil. The total is 316. On aspect (c) of the Question, the issue is what support the Government provides to families of Kenyans who die overseas and if I could provide details ... view