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    "id": 1481064,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Several critical issues have been raised. I will not respond to them in a specific order, but as I was taking the notes. The first issue raised is on ethnic balance. It is our deliberate intention for our missions to always reflect the face of Kenya. Therefore, we will work to achieve this in all our Missions. I may not have everything in terms of the community that one comes from, but I took notes of what Sen. Mungatana said, a very pertinent point. It is important that all parts of Kenya are represented in the deployment of officers. I would want to believe that I will be better prepared to respond to this particular question even as a separate item. The second point arises from the question on the ratio of career diplomats and other appointees that are infused from other sectors; whether private sector or the political realm coming into the diplomatic space. That is a valid question. I announce to the House today that we are in the process of formulating a Sessional Paper which will be discussed by Parliament. One of the critical issues that we will be putting across in this Sessional Paper is for us to have a conversation as a country through our leadership as legislators to establish a reasonable ratio, so that we can have career progression for the diplomats who are working in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. At the same time, we can also work closely to bring in some infusion from outside because it is always good to have this injection of ideas and approaches from the outside world. We should not necessarily be incestuous permanently in this context. We should be able to infuse with other people. So, this will be a very critical issue in that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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