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    "id": 1034940,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1034940/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this and to support the Accession to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) by the Republic of Kenya, which is an initiative that was started in 1991, then reinvigorated in 2012 and, at last, it has found its way to the House. I know the Mover and the Seconder have highlighted a number of benefits. However, I want to put it on record that as a country, we moved into blue economy. There is a lot of emphasis on the blue economy. With this accession to the Convention, it will provide the country with these multilateral platforms where we can exchange knowledge, information and ideas with the rest of the world. We need to exploit and develop our blue economy which for the record, covers upwards of 11,230 square kilometers of inland water, plus another area of 103,320 square kilometers of the extended continental shelf. It is a lot of blue economy that can be harnessed from that mass of water. By accessing this Convention on IHO, after ratification of this treaty, the benefits will outweigh the cost of that membership. The other benefits had been outlined and I do not want to repeat. It is a very straightforward thing. We just need to do it. It is the best thing to do. It is good for the country, the economy and it is also good for the world because Kenya, being a coastal country, needs to join the global family who are surrounded by waters so that we can work on this matter together. With those words, I beg to support."
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