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    "id": 616585,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "Madrid in Spain, Deputy Head of Chancery Kenya Embassy in Madrid in Spain and first Chancellor in the Chancery of Kenya Embassy in Paris. He has also served in Washington DC. Ambassador Kaberia is a fine diplomat and civil servant. His elevation to the position of PS is a natural progression and indeed, a testament to his diplomatic and public service skills and his service to this great nation. As such, the Committee found him well suited for the position as PS, as an Accounting Officer, as a manager and indeed, even as a diplomat especially in the ministry he is to serve under, the Ministry of Defence. This is because diplomacy is the first line of defence. We found that his skills and experience in various countries and positions in the diplomatic service make him well suited to be the Accounting Officer in the Ministry of Defence. I turn to Betty Chemutai Maina. Again, she is a fine young lady with requisite experience. She holds a Master of Science degree in Development Administration and Planning from the University College, London and a Bachelors of Arts degree with honours in Land Economics from the University of Nairobi. She is currently an economic consultant with the East African Partners Genesis Analytics. This is a firm of more than 80 consultants with offices in Johannesburg, New Delhi, Dubai and Nairobi. Betty Maina has previously served as the Chief Executive of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), a position she held since July, 2004 until June, 2015. Prior to her current position, she was also the Chief Executive at the Institute of Economic Affairs between January, 1997 and March, 2003. Betty Maina has experience in both the civil society and in business in the private sector as the Chair of the KAM. This will give her a broad-based and multi-disciplinary approach in her position as PS for East African Community. In her position as the KAM Chair, she has had experience in multilateral issues between the neighbouring states of the East African Community (EAC). That experience puts her in a good position to manage all the challenges presented in the EAC integration and the State Department in which she is set to serve. With that, I beg to move and ask my Member from the Departmental Committee on Defense and Foreign Relations, Hon. Yusuf Hassan to second."
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