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    "id": 808767,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thanks a lot for this opportunity. I must declare my interest: I am a member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. As my colleague Hon. Mbui has said, we might not have legal background but we are lawmakers and our contribution towards the making of these regulations should not be underrated. I was personally involved in the various discussions with the regulation-making authority, that is, KCAA. I happen to have visited their offices when they presented a demonstration and then we went through the various sections of the regulations. One matter came out very clearly: They admitted that the regulations were hurriedly prepared in order to contain the increasing number of requests or applications they were having for licensing of drones to undertake various actions and services in the country. They obviously did not match international standards and we asked them where they ever benchmarked. Indeed, they admitted they sat on their desks, Wikipedia, downloads here and there, patched up documents that were incoherent, badly drafted even to a layman. A first-year law student at the University of Nairobi would have done a better job than what they had done. Nevertheless, we cannot wish away drones. That is a fact. The drones have been used in many jurisdictions, even though with very strict regulations and rules. In Kenya, we need drones for mapping. In view of the very low rates of demarcation and mapping in this country, we must find ways and means of hastening mapping to ensure that all lands in this country are titled. We need drones to monitor wildlife movements to avoid poaching. The examples why we need drones are endless. But drones come with two serious challenges that as a country we must address. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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