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    "id": 513969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/513969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to support the appointment of Major General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo to be the ambassador to Somalia. For a long time, Kenya has been having ambassadors to Somalia who are resident in Nairobi. The real issues have not been handled during that time. This time round the ambassador is being sent to be a resident in Somalia. It will help Kenya in resolving a lot of issues between the two countries. Somalia is a very rich economy. Remember that it has a very long coastline where fishing takes place among many other commercial activities. Diplomacy has now become a commercial facilitator. It involves business and international trade. Countries are doing business together. There is a lot of trade between the border of Kenya and Somalia. It is only fair that we have an ambassador and a system operating in Somalia which will make Somalia a better state. Kenya has been there for a long time trying to assist Somalia to stabilise. This is a good move because the stability of Somalia has a lot to do with the stability of Kenya and the reduction of terrorism instances, some of which we have seen here. Part of the reason for the terrorist activities is because for a long time the young people in Somalia have not been schooled or given a better activity to do other than fighting, training and getting into terrorist groups. So, it would be a very good idea to have an ambassador who has a background in military. He has a background in military intelligence and he could assist Kenya to support Somalia in fighting terrorism among other crimes of that nature which are being committed in Somalia and by suspected Somalis in Kenya."
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