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    "id": 906006,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/906006/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
        "slug": "janet-marania-teyiaa"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. An Ambassador is referred to as “Your Excellency”. The title “Your Excellency” means that an Ambassador represents the State and the Head of State. Therefore, we cannot gamble with an Ambassador who has divided loyalty. So, when an Ambassador with dual citizenship is sent to a diplomatic mission abroad… Dual citizenship is not bad, but we must be prepared because it comes with a cost. There will be positions of leadership that one cannot occupy if one has dual citizenship. One of them is to represent the State or the Head of State. Even as parliamentarians and this is very interesting, I am aware that there is a Member of this House facing a court case because of dual citizenship. This has happened because of lack of disclosure. If one does not disclose information, it is a criminal offence. When one is nominated for appointment and vetted by Parliament, according to the Constitution, one is provided with a declaration form where one is supposed to declare one’s citizenship. I thank Mwende Mwinzi for being very honest. She declared in the form that she holds a dual citizenship. It has been said that there are others serving as Ambassadors, Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and even Members of Parliament and yet they hold dual citizenship. Some governors also have dual citizenship. I call upon the investigative agencies of the country, the NIS, DPP and the DCI to find out whether that is true. If, indeed, it is true, then that is a criminal offence. If there are diplomats representing our country abroad and they have dual citizenship, they should be recalled and be charged for not disclosing the correct information."
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