Thread by @MzalendoWatch

It is instructive to note that this House carried out a very serious investigation on this same matter in the last Parliament. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

https://twitter.com/MzalendoWatch/status/1580543231909298176

The Chair of Labour then, now Nairobi Governor, even with his committee visited Saudi Arabia to investigate this matter. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

Mr. Speaker, I think even when you allocate this statement to the relevant committee... it will be important for that committee to start from where the previous committee left. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

Even before visiting Saudi Arabia as a country, we need to find ways of engaging the Embassy here, National Employment Authority, especially the agencies that are given licenses to take people to other countries. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

Mr Speaker, we must be truthful. Every time we've raised this issue, blame goes back to the people who are agencies that take Kenyans to those countries. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

But then the agencies retort by saying the persons who have been sent to Saudi Arabia, they go and change employers, because they move to a different employer who then becomes abusive and it becomes hard in tracking these employers. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

The questions we should be asking ourselves is what is the role of our Embassy there in terms of tracking all citizens? What is the role of also the agencies that send them over? - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

What will be the role of the committee of the Senate? The committee must be seized of the matter, not as a one-off. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

Remember we can't blame the jobseekers because unemployment is a crisis in this country. These people are running away from a problem. The agencies are also responding to a problem, dealing with unemployment in this country. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN

We must seek a balance. We are not saying Kenyans should not work abroad. - @kipmurkomen #BungeLiveSEN