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    "content": "I respect our Diaspora which is now the highest in terms of revenue generation for this country. They contribute up to Kshs270 billion. They have overtaken tea and tourism in remittances. It has been said that it is difficult to renounce citizenship by birth. That is not true. I want to give the House high ranking examples of individuals who were United States of America (USA) citizens by birth but when they were called upon by their native countries to serve in some positions, they renounced their dual citizenship. One of them is Mr. Kevin Malle an Irish American. He was approved as the USA’s ambassador to Ireland. He held dual citizenship of Ireland and the USA. He renounced his Irish citizenship in order to take up the USA ambassadorial role to Ireland. David Howard was born in Massachusetts and moved to New Brunswick in Canada with his family while he was still young. His citizenship was a birthright citizenship, that is, jus soli . He was named Canada Consular-General in Boston in April 2015. He renounced the USA citizenship, which was by birth, to accept the post. Daphne Barak-Erez was born to Israel parents in the USA and later returned with them to Israel where she grew up. Her citizenship was birth. She was named a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel in January 2012 which required her to give up any foreign citizenship she held. She renounced her USA citizenship. Ron Dermer was born in Florida in 1971. He moved to Israel in 1996 and began the process of becoming a citizen there in 1997. His citizenship was by birth. In 2005, the then Finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appointed him Minister for Economic Affairs in the Israel Embassy in Washington, a post for which he had to renounce his USA citizenship. He is currently Israel ambassador to the USA states. This is very interesting. Members need to hear this because of what is happening in Britain right now."
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