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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as you all know, the Republic of Kenya exists within a community of nations. To this end, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, with the approval of the Cabinet, has prepared the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kenya to guide the country’s international affairs, including promoting, protecting, and projecting Kenya’s interest within the community of nations. The Policy has since been submitted to the National Assembly as Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2025. It will be laid on the Table this afternoon when we reach Order No. 5. The Foreign Policy, as contained in Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2025, was developed in an elaborate and highly participatory process. Indeed, part of the Leadership of this House and some Members from the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations attended its unveiling by His Excellency the President on 2nd December 2024, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). You will agree with me that the primacy of the Foreign Policy in guiding our country's international relations cannot be gainsaid. I, therefore, urge the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations to consider Policy as a matter of priority and submit its report to the House as soon as possible for adoption. Since the Policy will guide the conduct of the country’s international affairs, its expedited approval by this House is necessary. The House is accordingly guided. If I may exercise some bragging rights, I prepared the first foreign Policy for this country when I was the Minister of Foreign Affairs."
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