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    "id": 84421,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/84421/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
        "slug": "moses-wetangula"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to clarify that other than ambassadors and Consular-Generals who are appointed, the rest of the staff are recruited by the Public Service Commission (PSC) or transferred from other Government departments and posted to missions. So they are not technically appointed. I beg to reply. (a)Appointments of Kenya’s representatives abroad as heads of mission or permanent representatives to international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) are governed by Section 112 of the old Constitution of the Republic of Kenya which rests with the President of the Republic. The new Constitution provides for the same with a rider that such appointments are subject to Parliamentary approval. The appointed ambassadors, High Commissioners and permanent representatives serve at the pleasure of the President and are his representatives to their countries of accreditation. Since the formation of the Grand Coalition Government in 2008, the following 37 have been appointed by His Excellency the President:-"
}