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    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Report by the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the appointment of ambassadors and high commissioners. The key issues on appointment of ambassadors are to represent us wherever they go in terms of our national interests, promotion of our national products, encouraging investments in and out of our country and maximising on economic diplomacy. The ambassadors and high commissioners who have been proposed are ladies and gentlemen who fit that category of individuals who are capable to represent this country. I want to single out the military diplomacy front and look at a person like Col (Rtd) Shem Amadi. This is a person who was once a teacher, rose through the ranks and joined the Kenya Armed Forces. He was decorated thereafter in the Armed Forces. The President also saw it fit and even decorated him with awards like the Moran of Burning Spear (MBS) and the Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW). This is a person who is able to represent us in Kinshasa, DRC. We want a person who can manage the situation in Kinshasa in terms of representation. I also want to look at the appointment of our two colleagues. Hon. Kubai Iringo was a very genuine and honest Member of this House, and he can represent us very well in Somalia. He is very capable. We are proud that, at least, one of us will be representing us in Somalia. The second person is Dr Kogo, who is a scholar, a colleague and an astute debater in this House. We thank the President for considering those two former leaders of this House and believing that they can take care of us in our diplomatic missions. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the only wish I want to make is that while we are appointing those officers to the foreign missions, we saw the Principal Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Affairs complaining about resources the other day. We should fund and support foreign missions from the Exchequer so that we do not have our representatives begging. Therefore, I beg to support this Motion. Thank you very much."
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