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    "id": 1030120,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Report. I am a Member of this Committee and a ranking one for that matter. What my Hon. Colleague has raised is true. During the Committee’s sittings, we found a few issues that can be corrected going forward. The absence of certain cadres, gender and religious groups in this particular Report is not a reflection that they were not there in previous appointments. It is only reflective in these appointments because the number appears to be big. For that reason, we felt that we cannot hold back the most qualified ambassadors or Kenyan civil servants who had qualified to serve this country abroad. We cannot deny them for a fault that is not theirs. I want to thank our Chairman. As a Committee, we gave those concerns as Members who understand our country well. We cannot say that we are a perfect country. Even in the USA – the Hon. Colleague talked about their elections – they are struggling like we did a few years ago. This Report reflects what we must plan for. The appointing authority, for the first time, picked the best diplomats among the candidates to serve these important portfolios. We are more and more moving away from the classical diplomatic representation to what is called economic diplomacy, where individuals representing this country must be the best that we have. While out there, they must think of important things that they must do to make sure that Kenya’s national interests are achieved. Among them are direct foreign investment in Kenya by major multinationals by developed countries that are rich. These are some of the things that we are looking at. Among those who have been nominated are generals who served this country with distinction and honour. They provided their best youthful time in defence of this country. Because the military has a compulsory retirement age, they were retired. They were not tired. The President found it fit to give them a second chance by nominating them for appointment in difficult places, so that Kenya’s national strategic interest is looked at by the right people. Among the ambassadors who have been nominated for appointment, are those ones who campaigned for Kenya to gain the UN non-permanent Security Council seat. They were the best. They performed well. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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