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    "id": 1085983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1085983/?format=api",
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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": "separate their functions so that, at least, each one of them will know their limits and what it is that they are supposed to do. Staffing has been one of the previous challenges that we have experienced. Some of the embassies abroad are employing people who are handling critical issues of the country and yet, they are not Kenyans. We are proposing that in those countries, if there is an opportunity to give a Kenyan who is a citizen in that country an opportunity to serve, we will be able to achieve a lot more not just in terms of service, but also in terms of having a loyal person who is patriotic to the country and who is willing to die for Kenya because of his inheritance and where he has come from. Honorary consulars have been appointed in the past without having any system in place because all it takes is the PS, CS or whoever is concerned to say that we have appointed one. However, we know the functions of honorary consulars are critical in a country that if you do not have them evaluated and appointed in a clear way, then they are going to cause confusion. This is because they will be protecting Kenyans in a different way from what we want us to be known for. Kenya has a tradition, values and systems which define it. If we are going to appoint an honorary consular, it should be a person who understands what we stand for as a country. We have never heard of an academy. It is meant to help train our children and our candidates who are going to be the next ambassadors. Therefore, we are proposing in this Bill that the Foreign Services Academy will be established to take care of the training of the professionals whom we are going to rely on going forward and from among whom we are going to appoint as ambassadors and the high commissioners to serve Kenya. As I finish, there are many countries relying on lobbying for international jobs. We believe that by having the Foreign Service Bill, it will attempt to explain how Kenya can also lobby for those opportunities. There are countries which, to a large extent, rely on foreign currency. This is because they have managed to lobby for international jobs and, therefore, when those people earn their income and send money back home, it becomes useful to the economy and makes a huge difference. I know there are many of my colleagues who would like to speak to this Bill. I want to stop at that point. I support it and think it is going to be a game-changer and make Kenya a better country to live in moving forward."
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