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    "id": 1559978,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Treaty-making and Ratification (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 9 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. The principal object of this Bill is to amend the Treaty-making and Ratification Act, Chapter 4(d) of the Laws of Kenya, to include a special enactment procedure for economic treaties to strengthen participation of the National Assembly in treaty-making and enhance efficiency in the process. As the House is very much aware, all international treaties, conventions and agreements that our country ratifies become part of our domestic laws. They become part of domestic laws because they have to be brought to Parliament for ratification or approval. Once the country signs a treaty, it is brought to the House to be ratified so that it becomes part of our domestic laws. The problem we have had is that the treaties ratified since Independence became part of our domestic laws upon commencement of the current Constitution. After the commencement of the current Constitution, all treaties must come to the House for ratification. They are confirmed as part of our laws once that is done. However, there comes a time when this House must ask questions regarding what exactly those treaties are. We have to live with it since the input of the House is minimal and since it has no room to amend such treaties. Therefore, we have to live with it and ratify the treaties as they are. They are binding on us in their form. We are in breach of our own laws if 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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