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    "id": 906290,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report. I thank the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations led by Hon. Katoo ole Metito for the good work. We swore to protect the Constitution when we took the Oath of office as Members of Parliament. The Constitution is very clear, especially on appointment of ambassadors and high commissioners. It says that officers who would like to take this office must remain citizens of this republic. I think the Committee went ahead to do a very good job. It has given us the precedents of other nations. When high commissioners and ambassadors are appointed, they are supposed to renounce their dual citizenship. The case of Madam Mwinzi is very clear. She has very good credentials and qualifications. The President will only need to appoint her if she renounces her US citizenship. One becomes a representative of this country when in foreign land. If she is having dual citizenship, her allegiance is to two Governments. So, I do not want to belabour this matter. We need to rest this discussion by making sure that she is appointed only if she renounces her American citizenship. If she does not, she should lose that position. The Constitution is very clear. I ask the Members that we do not canvass to break the law. We need to maintain the law and ensure that we approve the appointments that are within the law."
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