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    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to second. As I second, as my Chairperson has said, the Committee was very keen on one particular seat. We all recall that recently Kenya was elected to the position of Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. So, we were very keen. We wanted to know who has been nominated for that position. For the benefit of the Members present, the appointing authority rose to the occasion and nominated one Amb. Martin Kimani to the UN, New York. Amb. Martin Kimani is a holder of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of New Hampshire, United States of America (USA), and also a Masters of Arts in War Studies from Kings College, London. In addition, he has pursued a PhD in War Studies from Kings College, University of London. He has served as a Permanent Representative with the rank of Ambassador, extraordinary. He has served in the Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Nairobi. He has also served with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and within the Human Settlement Programme. Currently, he serves as Secretary of Strategic Initiatives in the Executive Office of the President. Looking at his Curriculum Vitae (CV), it is very clear that we got the right person for that job. Hon. Speaker, for the interest of the Committee, we had one lady by the name Amb. Tabu Irina, who is a nominee to Tokyo, Japan. Hon. Members will recall that under the new Constitution, which was enacted in 2010, you cannot hold office as a state officer, if you hold dual citizenship. Again, under the Leadership and Integrity Act 2012, all public officers shall be considered to be state officers. This lady was born in Montgomery, Canada in 1968 and has been holding dual citizenship until she renounced it in 2018. I have decided to bring up this matter because we have had another case here. We wanted to know why she renounced her citizenship and why she had served for six years knowing what the law says. It was very clear that this lady had no interest of being a citizen of Canada. To conclude, out of the 14 nominees who appeared before us, three were not career diplomats, but we considered their experience. In particular, we considered the fact that one Maj. Gen. Ngewa Mukala – rose through the ranks to become the Commander of Kenya Navy, and he has a Master of Science Degree in Defence Studies from a university in India. These are people who bring a lot of experience in the Diplomatic Service. However, we noted that there was a lot The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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