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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": " Let me put it on record. As a father of many highly educated and beautiful girls, I support the nomination of Ms Susan as our representative. I only want to give her a word of encouragement that this technical organisation she has been appointed to is not like the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health was a State Department in the Kenyan context. She is going to interact with the whole world. If she was here, she would be taking notes now. I am trying to tell her that this is a technical UN arm. I should be allowed to offer free advice, because I may not see her. I attempted to see her from February 2024 until she was removed as the Cabinet Secretary, and I failed to get an appointment. So, let me pass this message for free. In summary, when you are appointed to this very important portfolio to represent the President and the people of Kenya, it is not an assignment for you to make a living. It is an assignment to promote this country so that we benefit from your representation, and this is what I am trying to allude to. At UN-Habitat, you represent one of the refugee-dominated towns in Kenya. Our representation in this organisation should benefit the people of Dadaab and Kakuma. This is what I am trying to say. I have no doubt she will do the job. Somebody has been appointed to Kinshasa. As a country, we are lucky to have not gone through militarism and you know it. We are lucky, but are we courageous enough to address the pitfalls and the missed opportunities?"
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