Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second the Motion for adoption and approval by this House on the variation of the boundaries of Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve. Thank you. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Report. From the outset, I want to support the Report. I want to congratulate the Members of this Committee for taking this step and direction. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare in the 10th Parliament. We had scenarios and a lot of problems that Kenyans reported to this nation. There was a time when there were ladies who were stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and we, as a Committee, had to move, negotiate with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That is how they were brought back here. I had opportunity to go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year with a delegation and the leader of the ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I raised the issue with the team which had invited us for dinner that evening. I asked them how they were being treated, the working conditions and whether they had an enabling environment. These are some of the questions I raised with them. The Kenyans who invited us that evening talked very well of the Saudi Arabia Government and the way they were treated. They told us that they were treated well in the working relationships they had entered into with The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Saudi individuals, hotels or companies. They told us that they would never get the kind of resources they get there in Kenya. They also told us that they could not get offs and leave days that they get in Kenya. They told me to sit with Hon. Moses Kuria when I come back to Kenya because he worked in Riyadh. They showed me the bank he worked in. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: When I left them, I was so curious. I met Hon. Moses Kuria and I told him that I learnt that he was in Saudi Arabia and he worked in a bank. He told me that he used to work there and he asked me who told me. I told him I had been told by the people who worked there and he knew some of them. He told me his experience. The people who work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia told us that there were problems among the people who sneak into that country without any formal agreement. ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I want to tell this Committee that they did something which we were not able to do in the 10th Parliament. Congratulations for a fact-finding mission, so that we can get a solution for our Kenyans who are suffering in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other places. I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, Hon. (Amb.) Yatani, for pushing for and even entering into a memorandum of understanding with various countries. The Committee went on a fact-finding mission because there was a problem we wanted to address. If you look keenly at the Report, they have ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The Committee indicates in its Report that when it went on the fact-finding mission and sat with Saudi Arabia Government officials, they were told that salaries of employees are paid on or before fifth of every month. They were further informed that any employer who does not pay by fifth of a particular month commits an offence in Saudi Arabia. Recently, in our county governments, employees went for almost four months without getting their salaries, but here is a country that has put in place regulations that if an employer does not pay by fifth of every month, they commit ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: These are some of the challenges that Kenyans were facing before. We should create an enabling environment just like this Committee which went out on a fact-finding mission reported to us through this good Report. According to ILO, Kenyan unemployment rate stands at 18 per cent. It is among the highest in the world. The USA’s unemployment rate is 3.6 per cent while Germany has an unemployment rate of 3.1 per cent. So, we need a place with a decent working environment, where young Kenyans can go and work and support their families back home. The money they send home ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I appreciate the Government for going out of its way to be creative. Creativity is what the Cabinet Secretary, Amb. Yatani is doing. He has gone out of his way to enter into agreements with foreign countries, so that Kenyans can lead decent lives while out there. view