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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gethenji",
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        "legal_name": "James Ndungu Gethenji",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, currently, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and the South Sudan Civil Aviation are in an advanced stage of negotiation for a bilateral air service agreement. The Government, through the Kenya Embassy in Juba, plays a pivotal role in facilitating Kenyan investors and business community by authenticating application documents for registration as required by the Government of South Sudan. The embassy also issues recommendation letters to the business community. Furthermore, in a bid to promote expansion of the market share for Kenyan products in South Sudan, the embassy facilitates Kenyan organisations to participate in agricultural exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences that are held in South Sudan. The embassy also offers consular services to facilitate Kenyan investors and the business community in South Sudan. This is by liaising with the host Government to assist Kenyans seeking visa and work permits in South Sudan; facilitating, issuance and replacement of Kenyan passports and undertaking consular visits in different states of South Sudan to address concerns by Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, on the status of implementation of the construction of an oil pipeline from Lamu to South Sudan, it may be recalled that on 2nd March, 2012, the former President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki; the President of the Republic of South Sudan, His Excellency Salva Kiir; and the then Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency the late Melees Zenawi, participated in a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSET) project, held in the port city of Lamu, Kenya. Following the launch of the project, Kenya and South Sudan signed an MoU on the development of the crude oil pipeline project. This provides for the establishment of the Joint Co-ordination Committee (JCC) on the South Sudan-Kenya (SSK) crude oil pipeline project. The JCC was tasked to undertake the bilateral negotiations for the Inter- Government Agreement (IGA) between Kenya and South Sudan. Negotiations on the IGA are underway. It is expected that the agreement will be concluded once South Sudan finalises a feasibility study on the crude oil pipeline project. Hon. Speaker, regarding the status of South Sudan’s membership to the EAC, I wish to inform the House that the Republic of South Sudan submitted its application for admission on 11th November, 2011. Consequently, the Thirteenth Summit of the EAC Heads of State and Government held in Bujumbura in November, 2011 directed the Council of Ministers to consider South Sudan’s application on the basis of the criteria for admission of foreign countries as spelt out in the treaty establishing the EAC. The Council of Ministers presented its recommendations at the Tenth Extra Ordinary EAC Heads of State and Government Summit that was held in Arusha on 28th April, 2012. The Summit instructed the Council of Ministers to continue with the verification exercise and submit its report and recommendations during the Fourteenth Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in November, 2012. The Summit received a progress report on South Sudan’s application for EAC membership and further directed the Council of Ministers to begin negotiations with South Sudan. The process of negotiation was expected to start after the EAC Council of Ministers meeting scheduled for August, 2013. It was projected that it would take up to three or four years for South 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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