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    "id": 16103,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have had the privilege of visiting our missions. Because of the drastic decline in the foreign exchange, many of our diplomats today are suffering. Recently, I visited Switzerland and I was shocked that 80 per cent of the budget provision to that mission is gone because of the foreign exchange fluctuations. Therefore, our mission there is just left to utilize 20 per cent of the original budgetary allocation. This is the scenario across the board. What is required is for Parliament and the Ministry of Finance to urgently put in place measures that will compensate our different missions so that they can undertake their day to day activities. Unless this is done, then we will have just skeleton missions and we will be expecting them to perform but truly, without budgetary provisions, it will be very difficult for them to engage in any meaningful diplomatic activities. This must be addressed as a matter of urgency. It is just across the board in all our missions."
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