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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gachagua",
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        "legal_name": "Rigathi Gachagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on approval of all the nine nominees. First and foremost, I thank His Excellency the President for nominating a team of very competent professionals to assist him and the Deputy President in the management of the affairs of this great nation. I would like to urge fellow Hon. Members that we approve the entire list to give the President a team to begin serious work. We are all aware that we have lost six months in electioneering and court cases. It is now time to embark on serious work. It is, therefore, incumbent upon this House to give the President a team that will work with him and enable him to deliver on his legacy. We must applaud the President and his deputy for ensuring regional balance in constituting the Cabinet. They have looked at all corners of Kenya and made sure that the entire country is represented. I would like to specifically talk about the nominee for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Amb. (Dr.) Monica Juma. I had the privilege of going to university with this great lady in the early 1980s at the University of Nairobi. We were in the same class studying International Relations. As fate would have it, this lady was very passionate about international relations, African integration, the working of international organisations as well as bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. I am, therefore, very happy that she has been given an opportunity to exercise her passion. I have keenly followed her path along the way all the way from Moi University, where she was a lecturer. I have followed her as an ambassador at the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), as a Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. I can say without fear of contradiction that the President could not have chosen a better person to help him in his proactive diplomatic initiatives. I have no doubt in my mind that Dr. Juma will enhance international trade and address issues of balance of trade to tilt it in favour of our great country. She is capable and she has the necessary drive and passion to put Kenya in the international limelight. I, therefore, urge this House to approve the names so that these great men and women can begin to work. I look forward to when Prof. Margaret Kobia will take her place in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender so that she can immediately embark on the youth empowerment programme that had been suspended during the electioneering period, so that we can get more young people in the youth empowerment programme. I look forward to Hon. John Munyes taking over the Petroleum and Mining docket so that he can pursue the initiatives of exploration of oil, so that we can have our own cheap oil products to ensure that we uplift the living standards of our people. I look forward to Madam Farida Karoney taking her docket in the Ministry of Lands so that she can reinstate issuance of title deeds to colonial villages in my county of Nyeri. I look forward to Hon. Peter Munya taking over his docket in the East African Community and Northern Corridor Development to enhance trade in the East African countries so that we can trade much more with our brothers in Uganda and Tanzania. I look forward to Mr. Simon Chelugui taking over so that I can visit him immediately after being sworn in to pursue water for Kirimukuyu Ward in my Mathira Constituency, where people needed water as of yesterday. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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