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    "id": 1281203,
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    "speaker_name": "Budalangi, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Raphael Wanjala",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to issue a Statement to the House regarding the implementation status of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Luigi- Broglio Malindi Space Centre, as requested by Hon. Owen Baya, Member for Kilifi North Constituency on Tuesday 13th June 2023. The matter seems to have taken inordinately long to respond to. This is due to a delayed response from the Management of the Italian Space Centre in Malindi. Nevertheless, we have received the response and shared it with Hon. Owen Baya. Even as I table the response as received and appended, allow me to give the House a brief history of the issue for the benefit of all Members. This House ratified the Kenya-Italy Bilateral Agreement on the Luigi-Broglio Malindi Space Centre on 15th October 2020. It came into effect on 16th December 2020 following the completion of the exchange of diplomatic notes on the Agreement between the two governments. The implementing parties on this Agreement, which guides the management of the Space Centre, located at Malindi Space Centre, are the Kenya Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Centre sits on 3.5 hectares of land under the Ministry of Defence. The Agreement provides a framework of collaboration between Kenya and Italy on the peaceful use of outer space for both nations' scientific, technological, and socio-economic development, among others. It also provides for joint management of the Luigi-Broglio Malindi Space Centre. The cooperation framework is premised on five implementing arrangements as follows: 1. Support to the Kenya Space Agency. 2. Access to earth observation and space science data. 3. Education and training. 4. Telemedicine. 5. Establishment of a centre for earth observation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Government of Kenya is concerned about the slow implementation of the Agreement. I want to inform the House that, as a result, the Committee on Implementation has been following up on the implementation of the same. Unfortunately, Kenya has yet to see significant tangible benefits from the cooperation. Truth be told, there is nothing much to show either at the national level or even in the local community around the Space Centre in Ngomeni and Malindi, Kilifi County. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the current activities at the Malindi Space Centre are exclusively benefiting the Italian Space Agency and its Western partner agencies through tracking telemetry, command services, and provision of space science and astronomical data to the Western scientific community. The facility is currently undertaking several commercial activities in support of satellite launches and provision of telemetry tracking and command services to a number of clients, including the French Arianespace, European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Space X, Chinese Aerospace Administration and other international clients with no significant share or profits accruing to 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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