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    "id": 541879,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Emanikor",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill on Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. Anti-personnel land mines are classified among weapons of massive destruction although in slow motion. They are weapons designed to detonate when triggered by the presence or contact with persons hence causing a lot of damage including death, dismembering, maiming, disabling and destroying. The injuries can blind a person, deafen or even kill, as I said earlier. The Ottawa Treaty signed in 1997 to totally ban anti-personnel mines was a result of the Ottawa peace process which was launched by the Canadian Government in 1980. There was a lot of consultation, bilateral and multilateral. We know very well that Kenya is among the 97 State parties that signed this convention in December, 1997 and later on ratified it two years later. Kenya ranks high, as one of my colleagues said earlier, in the ratification of international protocols and conventions. It is only fair that Kenya strengthens its commitments to international conventions by creating laws that will bind. All over the world, anti-personnel land mines have been used as a military tool. More often than not these tools fall into the wrong hands, as we have witnessed here in Kenya, killing innocent people. We want to thank other stakeholders, interested people, non-governmental organizations such as Handicap International, Kenya Coalition Against Mines, Mines Action and other NGOs who have struggled to fight for the ban of land mines. These stakeholders highlight the damage caused ranging from human life, social, environmental and humanitarian. It is high time the Kenya Government made law because it will contribute significantly to the security challenge that this country is facing. 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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