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    "id": 453127,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "this regard, I wish to refer to a particular Report on a matter of national importance, on which I would like you to give guidance and direction. This is a joint Report of the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information and the Committee on Education, Research and Technology on the status of San Marco Space Application Centre in Malindi. The Report was tabled in this House in September, 2012 but because Parliament was dissolved for elections, it was not discussed. Hon. Speaker, the Report tries to answer the following questions:- (i) the status of San Marco Space Application Centre in Malindi; (ii) how the space application was established; (iii) the agreement between the Government of Kenya and the Government of Italy on the management and the running of the station; (iv) the benefits of the space station to the people of Kenya, specifically, the monitory and social benefits that this country has received from the centre since it was established in 1964; (v) how the centre has been managed since it was established, and how many Kenyans who are professionally qualified as space scientists are seconded to work at that station; and, (vi) the future of the station. Hon. Speaker, the matter was raised in this House during the First Session. As stated, this is a very strategic centre in this country. Therefore, the Report addresses the question of how that centre should be managed, particularly when this country is aspiring to go for space exploration. With your permission, allow me to mention a few names of the Members of the joint Committee that prepared this Report. Some of the Members are in this House."
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