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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, as I stand to support, I do so with reservations. My reservations are based on the text of the Report and nothing else. This is a document that was originated, negotiated and signed in 1991. The year 1991 up to now is close to 30 years. I do not understand or believe that the context, text, terminologies, remedies they offered, and the manner they opted and intended to cure, are still relevant and valid for now. Everybody will be wondering how it has taken Kenya all those years. It has taken the Government all those years to bring the same to the National Assembly to basically approve. The most damaging aspect of this convention is that it has no provision for reservations completely yet the respective Act of Parliament, the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, No.45 of 2012 says that the National Assembly may approve the ratification of a treaty with or without reservation. In essence, what the Committee is telling Kenyans and this House is that this House is merely a rubber stamp. We cannot raise any reservations. We can either reject or accept, yet the Act requires…"
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