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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Mahamud",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on its consideration of the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts relating to International Civil Aviation and the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 18th June 2015, and pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the ratification of:- (i) The Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts relating to International Civil Aviation; and, (ii) The Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Report was tabled in the House on 18th June 2015. Pursuant to Section 118(1)(b) of the Constitution and Standing Order No. 127(3) and Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, the Committee placed an advertisement in the local dailies on 4th March 2015 calling for memoranda from the public to submit any representations they may have on the protocol and the convention. By the closure of the deadline of the advertisement, the Committee did not receive any memoranda from the public. The Committee held three sittings during which the representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure appeared before the Committee. In considering the convention and protocol, the Committee was guided by the provisions of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act No. 45 of 2012. The convention referred to as the Beijing Convention of 2010, modernises and consolidates the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation done at Montreal on 23rd September 1971, referred to as the Montreal Convention of 1971, and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation supplementary to the Montreal Convention of 1971. The protocol supplements the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft done at the Hague on 16th December 1970, commonly referred to as the Hague Convention of 1970, which Kenya is a signatory to. The convention and protocol seek to, among other things:- (i) Criminalize acts of using civil aircraft as a weapon for the purpose of causing death, serious bodily injury or serious damage, as happened in the 9/11 incident in New York on the Twin Towers. An aircraft was used as a weapon to cause destruction. This actually criminalises the act of using civil aircraft as a weapon for the purpose of causing death, serious bodily injury or serious damage. The two instruments further provide for the criminal liability of directors and organisers of an offence involving a civil aircraft as well as liability of those who knowingly assist an offender to evade investigation, prosecution and punishment. The two instruments also 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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