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    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join the rest of my colleagues in congratulating the nominees and also to thank the Committee led by Hon. Nelson Koech for a good job. The role of an ambassador is to safeguard the interests of a country and its nationals out there. As they do, they do in four ways. One, they go out there to listen on behalf of our country and I encourage the nominees to listen for us in terms of the best technology and security so that our country can be safeguarded against the new challenges, including terrorism. As they go out there, I encourage the nominees to advocate for our country. They should advocate for our tea, coffee, tourism and athletics. I come from the County of Elgeyo Marakwet, Keiyo South Constituency, Kaptarakwa Ward where most of our athletes come from. I listen to their outcry when they are out there and how they are misused by foreign managers. I ask the nominees who will go, especially to Europe, to assist our athletes so that they are not taken advantage of by their managers. I also ask them to go and advocate for our human capital, so that we send more of our people to work abroad. I also encourage them to advocate for our culture so that they project our image, and identity a brand as Kenya. Finally, as they go out there, I encourage them to represent us in getting scholarships for our students and increase the number of people that can get employment out there. At the moment, we have the problem of unemployment in our country. I also use this opportunity to thank the President for giving career diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs a chance to reach the peak of their careers. When somebody joins the Ministry as a cadet officer, one of the biggest ambitions is to one day be called an ambassador. The previous regimes rewarded different people from different sectors, but they always omitted people at the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, but our President has recognised the people within the Ministry. For this, I thank His Excellency the President."
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