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    "id": 104592,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I am making is that it is so sad that, perhaps, we do not have a foreign policy. The result of this Report is precisely the fact that our missions abroad are not being managed property. If they are not being managed properly, what is the cause of that problem? It is our duty, as leaders, to be able to get our missions to work properly. There is hardly any point, simply saying: “We have a little Report here. Look at it and just pass it.” We want the Minister to understand our concerns, as a Committee, as the House, and as the country. If you look at the particular missions or countries that were visited and, for example, ask yourself: Why would we still need a mission in Ireland? What is our engagement with them, so that we must still have a mission there? What commerce do we have with them? Why is that country not being managed by some other place, where you can have a combination of missions? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is what we are saying. We need to re-evaluate our foreign policy. Our foreign policy is no longer the cold war foreign policy. Our survival, as a country, depends on commerce, research and human resources. Dual nationalities is an issue for us. How are we protecting our people in the Diaspora? I have been out of the country. I have met Kenyans there who have literally given up about our missions, because they know that they cannot expect any assistance from our Ambassadors and High Commissioners. That is the reality. The issue of London is just an example. We must get away from appointments that depend on “how I know you” or “how you know me” and make appointments on the basis of what it is that one can do for this country out there. That is the point we are making. I do not think we are saying anything very difficult to our colleagues here. We are trying to help, help ourselves and help Kenya. I do not think that is really a very difficult thing to do, with our help. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Turkey is a country which has been able to pull herself into the modern world very rapidly. Is this not something we should learn from them? Our requirements, as a service industry country, is what we want to learn from others. We do not"
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