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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Yes, I will keep it very short. Thank you for allowing me to contribute on this. First and foremost, I want to support the appointment of Major General (Rtd) Tumbo to be Kenya’s ambassador to Somalia. Reading the Committee’s Report, I find that this is a Kenyan with proven track record. This is somebody who has academic qualifications and has also served this nation distinctively in various capacities within the military at various places. Being a military man and considering the situation in Somalia where Kenya’s interests are at stake, we think he will be able to represent us. My only message to him is that once we give you this job, we expect you to deliver because more often, when we give ambassadorial positions to many Kenyans they enjoy the comfort associated with that position and forget to represent the nation and deliver. There are various areas in terms of cooperation, opportunities and the interest of our nation that need to be guarded. So, I expect that given this opportunity he will deliver and make a change considering that we have many of our soldiers, businessmen and Kenyans working in Somalia as doctors, businessmen and in other capacities. Some of these people have lost their lives in the hands of Al Shabaab or the militants who are in Somalia. We expect that he will be able to take the interests of these people and not operate from Nairobi. We expect him to have an office in Mogadishu where these Kenyans’ interests are. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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