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"content": "Thank you. I join you in welcoming the students, the teachers and those accompanying them to the House of Parliament. Hon. Bowen, proceed."
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"content": "RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY"
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation on its consideration of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(4) of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the Ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biological Diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). Hon. Speaker, the BBNJ Agreement was tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, 29th April 2025, and subsequently referred to the Committee pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 178. The Committee was mandated to facilitate public participation and make an appropriate recommendation on whether the House should approve with reservations or reject the ratification of the Agreement. The Agreement provides a comprehensive framework to address the critical gaps in the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The Agreement was adopted on 19th June 2023 in New York, USA, by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond the National Jurisdiction under the auspices of the United Nations General Assembly, and it addresses quite a number of issues. Some of those areas addressed by this Treaty are marine genetic resources, including a fair and equitable benefit sharing, the area-based management tools, which are used by the marines and those who are doing business in the marine environment and the environmental impact assessment."
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"content": "[The Speaker (Dr Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) took the Chair]"
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, these are the ones who do marine business, either exploration or fishing. Before they engage in any activity in our waters, they must conduct environmental impact assessment, capacity building and transfer of marine technology."
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"content": "Article 2(6) of the Constitution, read together with the Treaty Making and Ratification Act Cap.4D, provides the legal foundation for incorporating international treaties into our domestic law. The National Assembly plays a critical role in ratification, ensuring conformity with constitutional values and public interest. Further, Article 2(5) of the Constitution stipulates that the general rules of international law shall form part of the law of Kenya. Article 2(6) of the Constitution provides that any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya. That is why we have brought this Treaty before the House this afternoon."
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"content": "The Treaty Making and Ratification Act, Cap.4D operationalises Article 2(6) of our Constitution and defines a treaty as any international agreement concluded between States and governed by international law, whether it is a single instrument or multiple instruments. In this regard, it is only upon ratification by the National Assembly that the treaties and conventions become part of our laws."
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Committee placed an advertisement in two national newspapers on Monday, 6th May 2025, inviting public memoranda, in compliance with Article 118(1)(b) of our Constitution, Section 8(3) of Treaty Making and Ratification Act and Standing Order 170A. While no memorandum was received by the deadline, the Committee convened a stakeholders consultation meeting on Thursday, 29th May 2025, at Radisson Blu Hotel with representatives from the State Department for the Blue Economy and Fisheries, the office of the Attorney-General, the State Department for Foreign Affairs, the Kenya International Boundaries Office and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Africa."
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