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    "speaker_name": ". Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, I support the appointment of Major General (Rtd) Tumbo as our ambassador to Somalia. I also want to commend the Committee. The information from our Departmental Committee for Defence and Foreign Relations is unanimous. They all agreed as a Committee. It is a tradition of this House that once the Departmental Committee agrees in totality, then the House is duty bound to support the work of the Committee. For that reason, I want to commend them for the good job. The voting duty we have is a constitutional duty. When we vet nominees, we vet for suitability, integrity, experience as well as academic qualifications. When you look at the Committee’s Report, for sure, the nominee fits the Bill extremely well. He has over 26 years of experience. He is well educated and for that reason I do not see any reason as to why we should not recommend and support his appointment. Any nation on earth has strategic interest. We have a strategic interest in Somalia. That is why the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are in Somalia. We share a long border with them and because of that, it is critical that as a seasoned professional, he is sent to safeguard our interests in Somalia. As I conclude, I want to disagree with my colleagues here. We put so much emphasis on youth as if experience and age do not matter. Not all the jobs out there are for the youth, some are for grey-haired men and women. We need generals, people who are well trained and well educated with vast experience to safeguard some of our interests. As we embrace the youth to come on board, we should also appreciate that there is room and space for old men with experience like Major General (Rtd) Tumbo to serve our nation. With those few remarks, I support."
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