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    "id": 513937,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for acknowledging that. That is, indeed, a tradition across the Commonwealth and all Parliaments in the world. Let me join my colleagues in this House in supporting the Motion for this House to approve the nomination of Major General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo as our ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia. I want to say two things. One, that this should open the avenue not only of appointing an envoy to this important neighbour, but to establish full diplomatic presence in Somalia. It is, indeed, my hope and prayer that after Major General (Rtd) is appointed, he will lead the way in establishing the entire retinue of diplomatic infrastructure so that we can have the capacity to deal and handle the Somali question right from within the boundaries of Somalia. I say this because a lot of the issues that have proved tricky for Kenya to handle the Somali question is because of the absence of a structured way of engagement. We have had a scenario where the entire Government of Somalia has previously been hosted here in Kenya making it impossible to deal with scenario in Somalia on sight. So, my challenge is to the Government that as soon as this Kenyan is confirmed, let us follow on that and give him all the capacity that he requires to run a fully-fledged diplomatic mission, including the necessary attaches`, especially the military attaché that will play the critical role of providing a focal point of dealing with the Somali question. The military intervention has been necessary."
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