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    "id": 959913,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/959913/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When this matter was on the Floor of this House, some of us opposed it. We followed the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations because when that lady appeared before the Committee, she said that in case her name was approved by Parliament, the first thing she would do is to renounce her citizenship. If this lady has already gone, that shows that she has already failed the Leadership and Integrity Act test. Without wasting too much time, we need to start the process of recalling her because this matter was in the Report. I remember I questioned Hon. Metito, who was the Chairman then, and he repeated it several times. Hon. Millie supported the aspect of gender saying that we should approve the lady. We agreed that this lady would honour her word. This matter having gone through Parliament, the very first thing for her to have done, with due respect, was to renounce her citizenship. Now that she did not, we do not need to debate and waste a lot of time. An ambassador is a representative of the President. In terms of patriotism, we cannot allow somebody who has dual citizenship to serve as an ambassador. We should start the process of recalling her. We have so many Kenyans who can do that job. It is not just the Committee on Implementation. The Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations has a role to play in this matter."
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