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    "id": 959922,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations just like my colleague Tuya said. We are aware - and this information is official - that the lady underwent training like the rest of the nominees. When we asked why she was undergoing training and yet she has not fulfilled the requirements, the information we gathered was that there is a difference between going for training and taking up office. You can be trained as you continue with the process of taking up office, which includes renouncing the citizenship that this House demanded. We might also be here talking about “subject to other conditions”, but was that “subject to” to be clarified by this House or the Executive? We might even be in a situation whereby the Executive has documentation to say that the process of renouncing has started and that she has satisfied the Executive at that point and that she is able to take up that seat. However, that requires the Committee on Implementation to confirm that she has undergone training. The question is: Has she really been deployed as an ambassador yet? It is important we get that clarity. As a Committee, we are very focused on that. The House passed that condition. It is up to the Committee on Implementation to confirm whether that nominee has taken up that position. If that has not fulfilled the condition, then as a Committee, we have a task to take up with the Executive to confirm whether somebody who has not met the conditions as set out by the House has reported on duty. Let us differentiate between the two, that is, reporting for training and reporting on duty. Do we have confirmation that she has reported on duty as an ambassador or high commissioner?"
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