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"content": "Committee is established with the defined terms, the institution architecture - including the secretariat seat, membership and tenure - remains a part of this Treaty."
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"content": "Kenya should advocate for hosting opportunities, representation and employment within the institutions established under the Agreement to ensure equitable benefits for developing nations. There is need for evidence-based research in the treaty ratification process to optimise a national benefit, as envisaged under the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, Cap. 4D. The Agreement provides that no reservations or exceptions may be made."
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"content": "The Committee, having deliberated and conducted public participation, in line with the Constitution, the Treaty Making and Ratification Act and our Standing Orders recommends that: 1. Pursuant to Articles 10(1), 70 and 71 of the Constitution, the Republic of Kenya declares that the Agreement shall not apply to the utilisation of marine genetic resources and DSI collected or generated before the Agreement comes into force in Kenya. 2. The Agreement shall not undermine existing international treaties, agreements or frameworks which Kenya is a party, including but not limited to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission. 3. The Ministry of Mining, the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, and other relevant ministries and state agencies submit quarterly updates to the Committee on: (a) The implementation of the Agreement. (b) Financial and non-financial benefits, (c) Capacity building activities derived from the Agreement."
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, that is what this Treaty is all about. At the coastal regions, we have coastal lines. We have a boundary of about 200 nautical miles in Kenya. Beyond that is what we call ABNJ. This Treaty was crafted to ensure that there are procedures and rules for utilising resources in ABNJ to benefit member States. It also provides some regulations for access into ABNJ. For instance, if you want to conduct mining, you have to carry out environmental impact analysis. You must be approved to ensure what you do will not harm the marine life."
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"content": "If Kenya signs this Treaty, there are a lot of benefits. We will benefit from technology transfer because there are other member States like the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom which are more advanced in marine issues. We do not have that kind of technology. Being a member of the treaty, we are going to benefit in that technology transfer. We stand to benefit as a country if we adopt it. I ask all my colleagues that we approve it to be part of our laws and we will benefit from our natural resources, especially in marine areas. I move and ask a Member of the Committee who is the Member for Matuga Constituency, Eng. Kassim Sawa Tandaza, to second."
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"content": " Thank you. Hon. Members, as the Chairman has clearly stated, the country is bound to benefit immensely if this House assents to the treaty by passing this Motion. If I am to stand at Zote Beach or Diani Beach that most of us know along the shores of the Indian Ocean in my constituency and we face east, we will be looking at 12 nautical miles that are supposed to be part of Kenya’s territory; 12 nautical miles. We have 200 nautical miles beyond the 12 nautical miles. They are part of Kenya in terms of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The 12 miles is territorial. It is part of Kenya. The remaining 200 miles is for purposes of economic exclusivity to Kenya. This is an area where we can license other countries if they are to do any economic activities within the 200 nautical miles. However, the Treaty is looking 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": "beyond the 200 nautical miles commonly referred to ‘high seas’ or the area beyond national jurisdiction whereby each country or nation can exploit that area without referring to Kenya although it is part of the Indian Ocean. With the level of development that we have, we are not able to monitor that area. As it stands, we are not even able to monitor the 200 nautical miles’ EEZ effectively. It is the only from the treaty we are going to get an opportunity to know what is happening at the high seas or the area beyond the national jurisdiction. Since we do not have the economic power and technology, it is only by assenting to treaty that we will benefit the knowledge and the natural resources being harvested there. Oceans are for prosperity. We will know how much fish and biodiversity is in that area when the time we can also exploit that area comes and, therefore, benefit from it. Without belabouring much and now that we have a whole Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, this is the right time for us to ratify the Treaty, so that the country can benefit. Once we are signatories to the Treaty, there will even be a fund whereby we as a country can apply to and tap. With those few remarks, I second."
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"content": "Hon. Members, it has been exciting listening to this because my degree was in maritime law. I studied law of the sea. One of the subjects was memorising the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is wonderful to see that it has been expanded after so many years of having it being signed in the first place. With that, Members, it is my pleasure to propose the Question."
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"content": "(Question proposed)"
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