Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1315913,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1315913/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 127,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 398,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
        "slug": "yusuf-hassan-abdi"
    },
    "content": "high commissioners require more specialised skills and knowledge, and more experience to operate. The field of foreign affairs and diplomacy is not for everyone. You cannot have everyone in there. I am now relieved. At one time, we had a lot of nominations from the political side and the foreign affairs docket was becoming a dumping ground for people who the administration did not want. However, in this nomination list, we received 27 people who are very qualified. Several of them hold PhDs and they have specialised in their own fields. Many of them are professional carrier diplomats who are stuck in the system because of various reasons. They need to do the job that we need them to do. It is dealing with economic diplomacy, multilateral issues, climate diplomacy, soft power and cultural diplomacy, digital diplomacy, diaspora and crisis management, and many other roles that are required in today’s diplomatic service. There are people with really specialised knowledge among the people that we have recommended to represent us in this list. We are now recommending those who have made it to represent us. Those on this list are people with really specialized knowledge. They have economic, scientific, and much specialized bilateral knowledge. I think they will serve us very well as we send them to missions across the world. I also wanted to say that however good or effective a diplomat is, he or she cannot be the best diplomat in the world without the support of the Government. If you do not have…"
}