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    "id": 224926,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would be the last person to resort to any racial bigotry. All that I said is that we have enough qualified local boys and girls to run the KPLC. We do not need expatriates there. If that makes my friend a little comfortable, I will say it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying we need more teachers in schools. I think I have made the point. On the issue of security, what has been going on in Mt. Elgon has brought some shame to us. People have been killed and displaced. Today, I have more than 6,000 displaced families from Mt. Elgon doting my constituency, Mr. Wamunyinyi's Kanduyi Constituency, Bumula Constituency and Kimilili Constituency. I believe that we have the capacity to go to Mt. Elgon and disarm those thugs called \"Sabaot Land Defence Force. They have even been seen on television wearing military fatigues and causing mayhem. The Ministry responsible for internal security should take up this issue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of debt management and debt service, many of our neighbours have been given debt cancellation and relief. I think it is time that Kenya also campaigned to get debt relief. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the Government of Italy which recently gave us a debt conversion of Kshs4.2 billion to transform from debt to development which, I believe, will go a long way in easing our burden. Equally, I want to congratulate my own Ministry for prudent management of funds to the extent that we have saved enough money to be able to open four new missions which we are opening soon in Ireland, Spain, Kuwait and Seoul Korea. We have also saved enough money through prudent management, to be able to purchase several properties in some of our missions that have been renting them over the years. If that could be done across the board in other Ministries, it will help the Government, in not only saving money but also expanding the horizon in more ways. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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