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"speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
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"content": "Excuse me, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am distracted here. You are not going to succeed if you do not have the support you need from your base—supporting government ministries and departments. Let me take the example of tourism. A diplomat works very hard to sell our country, holds seminars and exhibitions, and promotes tourism then the tourists come in big numbers. When they land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, they get harassed by customs officials, policemen and immigration officers. That effort by any diplomat would come to nothing because that tourist will not come back to this country again. We must also fix our affairs so that we have an enabling and supportive environment for the work ambassadors are doing out there. I also want to compliment the President for the balance. We have a very good regional, ethnic and religious balance among the appointees. For example, for the first time in recent years, I see we now have the right diplomat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Previously, our ambassador was more or less irrelevant because he did not fit very well with the culture, religion and ethics of that neighbourhood. We now have an ambassador who will be able to open doors for us and work with the Muslim community going on pilgrimage to Jeddah, Mecca and Medina every year. Overall, this is a very good balance of representatives. They are well qualified and well experienced. I wish them well. I urge this House to approve them so that they start their jobs in the various missions all over the world. With those remarks, I support."
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