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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on April 14th, I visited Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding with our Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and, through that agreement, Jaramogi Institute of Advanced Technology will get assistance in setting up a school of nursing and a faculty of agricultural engineering. On April 15th, I met the President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and agreed on a co- operation programme between the MIT and Kenya on the setting up of a satellite programme for weather, agricultural and educational use. I was also hosted by the Governor of Massachusetts alongside the Kenyan athletes in the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon has been won the last 19 times by Kenyans. While I was there, the Kenyans won it for the 20th time. This event was to honour all the previous winners of the Boston Marathon. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on April 16th I presided over the launch of projects by Prof. Yutaka Niihara of the University of California Los Angeles, and also of the US Doctors for Africa on the breakthrough of the treatment of sickle cell anemia. The programme aims to manufacture in Kenya medicine for treating sickle cell anemia that afflicts more than four million people in Africa. In our own country about 300,000 people suffer and die from sickle cell anemia. Prof. Niihara has been working on the project for the last one year, undertaking tests in western Kenya. On April 20th I visited Paris as a guest of the French Prime Minister. We launched the Paris/Nairobi Climate Initiative for Africa. The initiative will have its offices in Nairobi. The French also agreed to support the enhancement of the mandates and status of United Nations Environment Programme(NEP) in Nairobi. France will support the development of geothermal resources, wind and solar hybrid systems, bio-energy, research and capacity building and financing of power transmission of the projects. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these negotiations had started earlier in 2009. As a result of this initiative, Kshs7.5 billion has already been advanced to our Geothermal Development Corporation by the French Government. Currently, we are targeting, under what we are negotiating this time, one billion Euros for our renewable energy programme. On April 22nd I visited Monaco. The Kingdom of Monaco is an appendage of France. I was the guest of Prince Albert. We agreed to set up a team that would develop a programme on water, food production and use of solar energy within the larger Turkana area. The programme is to produce solar energy and use it for desalination of the lake water, which will then be used for irrigation of the land, and also for consumption by human beings and livestock. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on May 4th this year I travelled to South Africa to attend the World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town. This was an official trip. I was accompanied by three Cabinet Ministers and other Government officials. On May 20th this year I visited Cote deâ Voire in my official capacity as the African Union (AU) mediator on the Ivorian crisis. I had earlier made two trips to Abdijan on January 2nd and January 16th respectively following my appointment by the AU as the mediator of the Ivorian crisis on December 24th last year. I also visited Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Angola, South Africa and Ethiopia to mobilize support for the mediation process. These trips were not supported by the official resources of our Government. Their expenses were met by the AU. I also visited Zimbabwe as a guest of the Zimbabwean Prime Minister. I was invited by hon. Morgan Tsvangirai in his capacity as the Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe. I was invited to give a key note address at their National Delegatesâ Convention. I went there with some Members of Parliament. This was a party to party affair and, therefore, no public resources were used for that trip either. Thank you."
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