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    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Embassy in Canada. He is truly a very qualified ambassador who has been sent to Saudi Arabia. We also have a senior civil servant and two people from the private sector, that is, Sarah Serem and Manoah Esipisu who is from State House. The Committee did observe, although they are all qualified, that in the next appointment, it will be encouraging also to see the people in the diplomatic service within the ministry also appointed to the positions of ambassadors. Also, in terms of age, when you look at the nine appointees, all of them, with the exception of one, are over 53 years, with the oldest being Patrick Ahenda at 66 years and the youngest being Benjamin Langat at 42 years. Our observation is that it is also good in future - and this House will be happy - to see a younger generation also being appointed into diplomatic service. Of interest also – and this is where the House needs to look into – we appear not to have set any laws in terms of academic qualifications. It is up to this House in future to look at the laws we need to bring so that we have academic qualifications. I will finalise with the issue of Sarah Serem. In the 16th Century, there was a king called Hammurabi. He ended up being called Hammurabi the Lawgiver. That was in the Babylonian Empire which is the current Iraq. This man believed in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. This House is not guided by the Hammurabi Code of Laws. Sarah Serem crossed the Members of Parliament. Members of Parliament have a right to show their concern but, the mood in the country is that of the handshake. Let us approve Sarah Serem as our handshake. Let her learn that when you are given power, do not abuse or demean anybody. The problem with Sarah Serem is that when she was in that office, she wanted to demean Members of Parliament, which was very wrong. Let her learn. Let it be a lesson for those who will succeed her. I remember we served in the 9th Parliament and we had one Ringera who had a habit of abusing MPs. This House dealt with him until he left office. After she goes to China as the ambassador, I assure Members that we sit on the oversight Committee. We will be the ones overseeing her. For once, as my colleague Duale said, God is great. She will be reporting to our Committee through the Ministry. In case of indiscipline, we will deal with her. With those many remarks, I support the Motion."
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