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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to also speak to this Foreign Service Bill. For the longest time since Independence, as a country, we have been shooting in the dark. We have never had a Bill explaining the procedures, processes and management of Foreign Service and yet, we know Kenya as a country has gained immensely from Foreign Service institutions. I want to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Committee, to appreciate the Chairman, Hon. Katoo for the leadership that he has provided in ensuring that we have come up with this Bill. From those of us who have been members of this Committee, they have said it has been in the works for the longest time. It has been work in progress for the many years that I have served in that Committee. Now that we have come to this stage, it can only explain one thing and the Chairman and his long experience in Parliament has come in handy to help us establish this Bill, which is going to ensure that, going forward, we are able to account for our foreign service operations. In management they say: “Which cannot be measured cannot be rewarded.” We believe that having this Foreign Service Bill, we are going to establish the management and administration system which is more accountable to the Kenyan people who are the beneficiaries of the Foreign Service engagement. The Bill also makes an attempt to separate the functions of the CS and the PS. As we speak, sometimes, we have had experiences where the CS has conflicts with the PS. This is all because none of them knows where to stop. But we believe that by having this Bill, we will be able to 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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