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    "id": 1315895,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the debate about this very good Report brought to the House by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee of Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations – of which I am a Member. We sat for long days to scrutinise this list of 27 nominees brought by the President, on their nomination to different countries. I take note that this list is well balanced. As you can see, there are nominees from Marsabit, Nyeri, Kajiado and from all over the country. Most importantly, gender wise, out of the 27 nominees, 10 are women. This is 37 per cent and we have very high confidence that they will be very good representatives of our country. This nomination list is quite unique because it has mixed nominees from different fields of experience. In the list, we have academicians like Professor Peter Ngure, the Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of St. Paul's University, a Professor of Parasitology who is widely published. His knowledge and capacity are much needed at UNESCO as a representative. There are other people in the list, like former politicians Hon. Kogo and Hon. Kubai Iringo. They are knowledgeable in terms of being people’s representatives and have capacity to represent this country. Looking at the international NGO world, you will find nominees like Madam Fouzia Abass and Mr Maurice Makoloo, who have worked in international organisations. More importantly, we also have serious career diplomats, who have served this country in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and have risen through the ranks to top level management. They include Ambassador Philip Githiora, Ambassador George Morara, Ambassador Stella Orina, Ambassador Betty Cherono, among others. It is quite a good mix."
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