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    "id": 1515054,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Belgut, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nelson Koech",
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    "content": "Foreign and Diaspora Affairs because that is the apex of diplomacy. Being called an ambassador and posted to a station is the apex of diplomacy. Many of them still work in the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. They are looking for opportunity to serve our country outside very diligently. Those opportunities are not given to them. I implore upon the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and the Head of Public Service that in future they should not waste the Committee's time. They need to be extremely diligent on the individuals being posted on missions. Those are the eyes and ears of the President. Such embarrassments where officers who are posted to various missions decline because they are not consulted should cease in future. These are opportunities that very many Kenyans yearn for. It is imperative for those officers to make sure that they do their due diligence, so that officers who get their space and names on the table of the vetting Committee are consulted and ready to serve the country in those capacities. I promised that I would keep it short. I will not bore the House with too many stories. Therefore, the Committee recommends that this House approves the appointment of Dr Andrew Karanja to serve as Kenya’s Ambassador in Brasilia, Brazil; Hon. Babu Namwamba, EGH, as a permanent representative of UNEP and UNON; and Mr Gabow Noor, CBS, as a Consul-General, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I do not want to read it because I have said that the Chief of Staff, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and the Head of Public Service should enhance their rigour of due diligence process and ensure that nominees are consulted, and that they concur and are ready to serve the country to avoid incidences of nominees turning down nominations. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move and ask the House to adopt the Committee’s Report. I request Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh, my Vice-Chairperson, to second the Motion. Thank you."
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