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    "id": 513988,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. F. K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "I am most obliged, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the appointment of Major General (Rtd) Tumbo as an ambassador. However, I have a few remarks to make. First, I wonder whether the Major General was the right person, although I support him. We needed somebody with diplomatic experience, which of course, he has. My question is whether we needed a Major General or somebody from a different background. Secondly, Kenyans have done very well by having Somalia accepting our diplomatic relations, as it has done with the USA and other countries. Going back to the background of the Somalis, the question is whether they are going to be faithful in accepting our ambassador. The character of the Somalis is that they do not like Christians. I expected that the President would nominate one of their own to be our diplomatic representative in Somalia. Christians have faced a lot of problems. Remember, in Mandera, when they killed our people. Some of them were saying that we are ungodly. I wonder whether it was wise of us to appoint a Christian instead of a Muslim. There is an English saying which goes, “Send a thief to catch a thief”. It would have been better for us to send a Muslim to that area. However, I agree with the choice because of the military background that the nominee has. Lastly, I believe that this relationship will strengthen the desire of the people of Somalia to join the East African Community. This is one way of us working with our neighbours. We should convince the Somalis to join the East African Community and work with us so that the conflict between us can actually end. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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