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    "id": 555039,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "They have signed that, as far as the SGR project implementation is concerned, there will be a common protocol in terms of the scope of that project, their joint ministerial committee meetings, the functions of those committee meetings and the number of meetings they will hold. They have signed that in the implementation of the SGR project, the extension of the SGR from Mombasa-Nairobi-Malaba-Uganda-Kigali and to South Sudan, common standards will be applied. That is what is before the House. As far as the provisions of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act No.45 of 2012, is concerned, due process was done by our country. The Cabinet has approved the Ratification where Section 7 of the Act is applicable. The relevant Parliamentary Committee, and in this case, the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing was taken through by the relevant Cabinet Secretary. Today, this is before Parliament. What are we supposed to approve and what does the Protocol entail? The Protocol governing the SGR for these four East African countries has a number of interpretations. Article 43 of this Protocol which is subtitled “The Scope of the Protocol” says that in the development of the SGR, these countries will ensure the harmonisation of this project both in the legal and institutional frameworks. These countries will adopt a common logical framework of all the projects in terms of management. These four countries will agree on common SGR standards. So, the standards of SGR in Kenya, South Sudan, Rwanda and Uganda will be agreed as per this Protocol. One country cannot have its own standards as far as the SGR is concerned. The four countries will also co-operate and co-ordinate the human resource capacity, building strategies and injoint mobilisation of financial resources. This means that Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan will have a joint strategy in terms of mobilising international donor funding and other sources of funding in order to compete. These governments will work together and also undertake a joint monitoring and evaluation of this project. On the membership of this joint ministerial, the Protocol has defined who members are and what the functions of these committees are. This is important because, as a country, already we are on schedule if not earlier and the SGR will be completed before 2017. It is the first railway of its kind in the East and the horn of Africa. It is a flagship project of the Jubilee administration and more so a signature project of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership. This project will have immense economic advantages to individual countries and the region. This is because it will improve on the transportation of goods and services between our countries. It will spur close to 10 per cent economic growth rate to all individual countries. It will also make movement of people between our four countries easier. This Protocol, in Article 9, even shows how to resolve disputes that can arise among these countries or parties. Article 10 of the Protocol talks about a session and any party interested in joining this Protocol shall apply to the Summit. That has been put 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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