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    "content": "missiles. This mandate to coordinate space related activities falls within the Ministry of Defence and, therefore, it was assigned to it. In question six, the hon. Member sought to know when the Government of Kenya will take full control of the management of the centre. The proposed agreement foresees a period of 20 years during which the centre will be jointly managed by both governments. Vesting of assets was stipulated to take place at the end of the first renewal of the 1995 Agreement. The Government of Italy shall transfer all its rights and properties at the centre to the Government of the Republic of Kenya upon the lapse of the proposed agreement. On the question of finalisation of the bilateral agreement with the Government of Italy and why Parliament has not been given the mandate of approving the same, let me clarify that the last negotiations for the renewal of the agreement were completed by the joint steering committee meeting on 4th and 5th June, 2012. The Treaty Making and Ratification Act of 2012, under Section 3(4), permits the Government to enter into bilateral agreements necessary for matters relating to Government business or relating to technical, administrative and executive matters after approval by Cabinet. Finally, the hon. Member asked when we are likely to establish our own national space agency by Presidential Order or decree or legislation to coordinate space science research and application activities in the country. Let me clarify that the National Space Secretariat was established under the Ministry of Defence vide Legal Notice No.5563 of June, 2009 as a body that shall act as the national space agency. Its functions include co- ordination of national space-related activities in Kenya. The membership of the Secretariat is drawn from the relevant Ministries and representatives of key stakeholders. The Cabinet Secretary for Defence is set to appoint the members to the Secretariat. The Secretariat shall oversee its own transition to a full-fledged Kenya Space Agency. It is, therefore, premature to call for the establishment of a space agency when the Secretariat is yet to be fully operational, and when the Government is streamlining the structures and functions of all State corporations. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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