Musalia Mudavadi

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• 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
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: 2024 in Saudi Arabia. The mission established that at the time of the death, the deceased was employed on a valid contract. The mission, also through the recruitment agencies, established the contacts of the deceased's family and obtained a post-mortem report to establish the cause of death and preparation of the body for repatriation home. The repatriation of the body took long since the post-mortem report indicated that the cause of death was suicide and investigations were ongoing which affirmed the same. For this reason, the employer who otherwise is supposed to assist with the cost of repatriation declined to ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to state that we can avail that information based on the records that we have within the embassies because we are talking of - to be precise - 416,058 individuals. We can work on having this brought to the Senate. I can only appeal on one issue that as we give the identities, you will need to guide us on whether we will be breaching some aspects of the data identity issues by tabling all the 416,058. That is the only question, but we are prepared to give this list. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the workers are varied. They range from highly skilled professionals to those who are engaged in the service sector, and some are labourers. So, it is very broad. However, as we said, subject to the guidance that Madam Temporary Speaker has given, we will provide a background on this. The second aspect is that we have our missions trained to give all the assistance that we can give. I can assure Kenyans that if, indeed, there are any incidents of what The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: might be seen as a lack of courtesy, they are very limited. Most of the mission staff in our embassies have been very courteous to the Kenyan citizens abroad. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: I wish to state that there were some challenges in the past, and we are trying to resolve them because we did not have proper and accurate data. However, I can assure the House and the nation that through the Department of Diaspora, and working with the Immigration Department, we are now establishing more accurate data on the Kenyans who are travelling to various countries, including the Gulf States. On the websites of the State Department for Diaspora, we have indicated the licensed recruitment agencies, because in the past we have had cases where the Senator is right that unscrupulous ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: A classic example now is Germany, where we are just about to agree on a labour framework or employment framework, and we are refining even those that relate to the Gulf and other states. Equally, I mention to the House here, that the points they are raising are valid and important because one of the things we intend to do is to be able to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: have a Sessional Paper that will be brought to Parliament. Some of these issues we would like to draw from the knowledge and experience of Parliament, so that we can improve how we engage with foreign countries on some of these issues. However, we are taking steps to change the situation. view