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    "id": 1229495,
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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Report. I want to thank the Chair and his team for the elaborate work they did, because it is not easy. The last time we were doing some treaties here, we were told that we cannot change even a comma or a sentence. I want to agree that the Committee has looked into the Agreement and somewhere on Page Three of the Report, the Committee did look into that. They have said they will either adopt or approve through the National Assembly with or without reservation. That is important for this House. The documents are not just brought here as a conveyer belt, but to be scrutinised, and where we think there is a problem, that problem is sorted. In their Report, they have looked into some very critical aspects which most of the time are not looked into. One of the issues they were looking into is the protection of the environment. It is important to talk about our environment. Whatever activity is done in this country that affects our environment, it might even eat up the gains that we normally get in the process. Among other things, they were concerned about the environmental effect of the British and the Northern Ireland military activities in Laikipia. It is true, as Mhe. Murugara was saying, they are known as if they are the ones who have kept Laikipia alive, and more so Nanyuki Town. I want to appreciate that as much as there are those issues that are emerging, we also as a country do benefit. It is unfortunate that this Report was tabled in 2021 in the last Parliament, but it has taken that long to get to this level and get approval. These are some of the things we want to think about as Parliament, that we should be allowed to proceed from where the last Government had reached so that we do not take too much time. However, I want to thank the Committee that within six months, they have revisited this issue and made a Report that has been brought to the House. However, one of the issues that the Committee did allude to is the fact that there are those offenses which the host country cannot prosecute. It is important for us to really think. I thank the Committee that among the few recommendations that they made, one of the issues is that the Agreement should be amended by inserting a new paragraph immediately after paragraph (h) to include murder as one of the offenses which are under the jurisdiction of the host nation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to agree with the Committee that we cannot allow such. If it was an ordinary Kenyan out there in Britain, by now he would be languishing in their jails. Imagine somebody just walks here and all of a sudden commits that crime! It is not fair. I want to thank the Committee for taking their time and more so even scrutinising the few amendments that they have proposed. I hope they will be included in the Report. We would like to thank the Committee very much that it is all about protecting Kenyans and not about the little shillings they spent in some flats here, which does not help us a lot. It only helps a few people, maybe not ladies only, but others also. I also thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity today because we come from the same county, and you are a great lady. I wish you well in the next Parliament."
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