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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, this is a very important issue. That is the reason why nowadays ambassadors have to be approved by this House. That was not the case before. The President would appoint individuals and they would go to work. We must make our views known because not all of us are Members of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. We were waiting for the Committee to present its report here so that we could give our opinions on it. Having said that, I stand to support this Motion with a very heavy heart. Hon. Speaker, you have been a Minister of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, you know very well that the Foreign Service is not a dumping site. If you have served as a Cabinet Secretary and you have been dismissed due to incompetence, negligence or any other manner of accusations, you should not be nominated to serve as an ambassador. What is this knowledge that you could not use to run a ministry that you will be using to run a foreign embassy? Once you have been dismissed summarily, like some of these characters I am seeing on this Motion, they should go and look for other things to do. They can engage in farming and other activities in the country. It is not compulsory for one to be given a job. Let us emulate other developed democracies where if somebody is relieved of his duty, he has other things to do. You need to have other professions. If you are a doctor, go and treat people. If you are a lawyer, go and do your other work."
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