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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh",
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    "content": "During the approval hearings, the Committee paid due regard to the procedures used to arrive at the nominees. We looked at any constitutional or statutory requirement relating to the offices and suitability of the nominees proposed for appointment in regard to whether the nominees’ abilities, experience and qualities meet the needs of the country's foreign service. We also looked at the demeanour and composure of each of the nominees during the vetting process, so that we could decide whether they make the cut. Hon. Deputy Speaker, upon conclusion of the approval hearings, we scrutinised the personal, academic and career backgrounds of the nominees. We were fully convinced that they were all fit to be heads of the missions they had been nominated to serve. There is something to note. Half of these nominees are career diplomats and people who have served in the line ministries. This is actually the very first time that most of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs staff have been considered. This improves the morale of the team that works at the Ministry. This is very important because half of them are career diplomats. We scrutinised these nominees for two weeks because they are 27. That means we took our time to look at each of them and we saw that they all make the cut. I wish to assure the House and country that we have the right individuals to steer our foreign policy in the respective stations. We, therefore, recommend that the National Assembly approves their appointment to serve as High Commissioners, Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors in their respective stations. Some of the candidates made the Committee’s work very easy because they were composed and they defended their positions. Let us look at one of the candidates, Prof. Peter Ngure. He is an academician but he is going to serve at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which is about education and culture. That is where he makes the cut. We also had two Members who previously served in this House, who were also nominated to serve in those stations: Hon. Kubai and Hon. Kogo. Having served in the National Assembly before, they make the cut because diplomacy is also about parliamentary diplomacy. They did their best. The last nominee we vetted was Mr Mohamed 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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