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    "id": 1337852,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1337852/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndia, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Kariuki",
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    "content": "One of the characteristics of good governance, policy formulation and law-making process is public participation. Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution recognises public participation as a key step in the law-making process and ratification of treaties. In accordance with Article 118(1)(b), the Clerk of the National Assembly placed advertisements in local dailies with wide national circulation. I know that this is something that Members have raised. On 2nd May 2023, the Clerk, through the advertisements in local dailies, requested for submissions of memoranda on the Agreement. The Committee did not receive any memorandum on this Agreement in response to the advertisements by close of business on Wednesday, 17th May 2023. The Committee held meetings with Cabinet Secretaries for the Ministry of Roads and Transport and the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to deliberate on the Agreement. The Committee also received written submissions from the Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of East African Community, the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional Development. Allow me to highlight a few specific obligations that member States shall undertake: 1. Establishing an independent accident investigation authority responsible for conducting investigation in accordance with international standards and practices. 2. Ensuring timely notification of accidents and incidents to the relevant authorities. 3. Cooperating and sharing information with other member States involved in the investigation of accidents and incidents. This means that if an aircraft accident happens in Uganda, Kenya will be at liberty to participate in the investigations of that accident or incident. Similarly, if it happens in Tanzania, Rwanda or Burundi, any partner State can undertake or participate in the process of investigating the accident or incident. 4. Facilitating access to relevant sites, records and evidence for the purpose of investigation. 5. Implementing recommendations derived from accident and incident investigations to improve aviation safety."
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