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"content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. From the word go, I would like to support this Report and congratulate the President for the appointments of those qualified Kenyans to the various positions and embassies. As I support this, as much as the President has looked at the various regions, I would like him, maybe next time, to look across the country and across the regions. There are those forgotten regions within the regions that are considered to have people in positions, like the people of Igembe. Many of them are left out. The Kenyans who have been nominated have a lot of experience. They have many years of service to this Republic and we expect that this will also be translated in the service that they are going to offer to those places. Given the mood of the House, it appears that many of those nominees will go through. When they go out, they should really serve the interest of the Kenyans. There are specific areas where they can contribute to the growth and development of this country. Many of the ambassadors who come here from other countries, they come to represent the interests of their countries, for example, business, economic and other influences. We also expect our ambassadors, when they go out, they have the opportunity to present the interest of Kenyans, for example, in marketing our tourism. That way, they can market the country even where there is bad publicity. It has happened before. They should take the opportunity to market the interests of this nation so that, by the end of the day, we can also have more resources and investors can come to our country. It should not be that when things happen, there is nobody there. Hon. Speaker, we have also other cases. I come from Igembe, the land of miraa . When miraa was being banned, the ambassadors in those countries did nothing. They never spoke about it and, at the end of the day, that brought sabotage to our economy. So, when we are approving our ambassadors, we expect that when they go out there, they should not be representing their own interests. They should look at the wider interests of the Kenyan people. They should take into account the interests from all the regions and see what is of importance to Kenyans as debate goes on in the country about devolution of resources to the counties. When we send representatives out of this country, they should go and market Kenya as a country in order to attract investors. That way, we can have technologies that can help this country move ahead. They should not be there for the sake of others or to please themselves. Some of them may have been appointed in as much as they are qualified, but they have been given that opportunity as a reward for their support or other things. With those few remarks, I would like to support this Motion and ask the President to consider other regions like Igembe, the land of miraa and Njuri Ncheke ."
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