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    "content": "Monica Juma are both diplomats; they can take the diplomacy to the generals or to the procurement section in the Ministry of Defence. Hon. Speaker, Sir, with regard to Eng. Kibicho, we need him there. If there is a Ministry which is rotten and I have to say it here, even as the Leader of the Majority Party; is that Ministry for the last ten years. We are happy today; we have a serious diplomat as a Cabinet Secretary in that Ministry. During the last Parliament, the reports that were brought to this House by the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, touching on the fabric of our foreign policy were shocking. Ministers, Government diplomats, the whole Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ assets were being disposed of. Cars were being transferred from Japan to Lagos and from Lagos to Pakistan. It was very shameful! That is according to the reports brought to this House. Hon. Speaker, Sir, we want Eng. Karanja Kibicho to take his engineering knowledge to that Ministry and clear the issues which are there. We are urging the President, in the next reshuffle which is coming after the appointment of the Principal Secretaries, to put men and women who will bring honour and good image to our country. We do not want political appointees or brokers to be made ambassadors. It has happened before! Relatives were appointed to very key positions as diplomats. When you become a diplomat, you represent Kenya. So, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be delinked from the tribal stigma. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be delinked from nepotism and corruption. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the nominee, Mwanamaka Amina Mabruki is a lady who has worked well at Kenya Ports Authority as a Senior Manager. Before she got this job, she was a Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Shipping Line. We saw Madam Mukobe being nominated as a Principal Secretary. This is the first Government since Independence that has appreciated disability in the Cabinet. I think in the first two months of President Uhuru’s Government, he has shown that this country belongs to all of us; the disabled inclusive. I was shocked when Hon. Kaluma, the Member of Parliament for Homa Bay constituency said that since Independence; this is the first time Principal Secretary Nominee is coming from Homa Bay. I thought the last Grand Coalition Government should have done better. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am telling the likes of hon. Kaluma that you are yet to see. For those who have been marginalized by all Governments including the Grand Coalition Government, watch the space of hon. Uhuru Kenyatta. He will reach the hearts of each and everybody."
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