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    "id": 1085968,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1085968/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 46,
        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
        "slug": "charles-kilonzo"
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    "content": " Part IV of the Bill provides for staffing and conditions of the personnel we post out there. Staffing is very important because we give a free hand to the officers we send out there to conduct recruitment without following any particular law. A simple case is during the 10th Parliament. This Committee visited our High Commission in Canada. It was very embarrassing because the staffing did not reflect the face of Kenya, but the face of one community. This Act intends to ensure procedures are laid out on how to recruit and post personnel to a mission. Part VIII of the Bill sets up an academy. This is a profession. If we are going to have professional people engaging the international community, they must be adequately trained and prepared. The Foreign Service Academy will adequately prepare staff to engage the international community. After engaging again with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Trade and Industrialisation and the Kenya Law Reform Commission during public participation, we came up with very many amendments which we will move at the next stage. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs feels that with the amendments, the Bill will be able to serve the purpose it is intended for. With those few remarks, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to second."
}