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    "id": 513990,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. J. K. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiragu Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to support my colleagues who have spoken on this matter. I have looked at the papers of Major General (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo. He has the qualifications. His appointment is coming at the right time. We know that Somalia and Kenya are two neighbours who are not likely to part. The sooner we get our diplomatic act together, the better for the two countries. I would have wished that we go for a career diplomat, but looking at the problems that are between us and Somalia, a person of military background will be a good person to sort out our diplomatic duties. As we support the nomination, I also hope that we are going to give the nominee staff to support him. In most cases, when you go to foreign offices, you find very lean staff establishments that cannot perform duties effectively. It is my recommendation that when we establish the embassy, we give that office importance because Somalia will always be an important country to us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you know, the Kenya Defence Forces are there. We are doing business with Somalia and we would like that country to be peaceful. For that matter, we need to support that office. As I finish, I want to say that he is a good nominee. I have looked at his training. He has done a lot of things in training the armed forces. 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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