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    "id": 906210,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Let me come to the matter of nominee No.7. Hon. Sabina Chege kept on referring to Esau in the Bible. If you went to Sunday school, Esau sold his birth right. He did not renounce it, but sold it. For this case, the law, Hon. Speaker’s ruling and the Report of the Committee are very clear. We will approve her, but let her renounce her USA citizenship. If she cannot do that, I have heard that she is a very good and intelligent lady. However, it does not mean that we only have one good intelligent lady from Mwingi. We have many other ladies, especially the youth, who are jobless and can be given this job. So, I support and thank the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations for doing their homework very well. The Committee dug into each nominee’s past. It has given us examples of people who renounced their dual citizenship yet they were very good leaders in their countries. So, we want to tell her that we are just following the law. The issue of some Members saying that there are cabinet secretaries and some of us here with dual citizenship, is simply hearsay. We cannot rely on hearsay in this House. If such persons exist, the EACC, the DCI and the DPP should do their work and, if possible, report those who hold dual citizenships and are serving in this House or elsewhere. Simply because somebody has broken the law, it does not mean that we have to break the law ourselves. The law is very clear that one must renounce one’s other citizenship to serve this country, especially in a capacity where one is given the title, “Your Excellency”. You know that means that you"
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