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    "id": 847458,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": "There are other issues that were discussed during the 49th Session like the issue of illegal trade, specifically the phytosanitary products, seeds and other agricultural inputs. I am happy to report that when the 15th regional meeting of the ACP-EU was held in Kenya, we visited the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) laboratory in Karen where there are phytosanitary products, seeds and agricultural inputs. Kenya took a strong position that there was need to have emphasis on research and development on various aspects of agro-economy. Like many other ACP countries, we are an agro-economy that relies on agriculture. Therefore, for us to improve on that and protect the originality of these products, there is need to emphasise on research and development. This will improve the quality of the produce that we send to the European market. Therefore, we implored our fellow parliamentarians, as the Kenyan delegation, to enact laws on stiffer penalties for persons engaged in illegal trade of phytosanitary products. Further deliberations at the 49th Session were on issues to do with the fight against cybercrime and drug trafficking. A lot of presentations were made. Very pertinent issues were discussed, including the role of parliamentarians in monitoring work and action of the UN, especially peacekeepers. Peacekeepers have been all over the world. Even as we speak, there is a petition before the Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that we are deliberating on, where some people have petitioned the Government of Kenya to withdraw the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) from Somalia. If you look at it, the soldiers are under the African Union Mission to Somalia ( AMISOM), which is working on approval of the UN as a peacekeeping force. The ACP-EU is purely for sitting parliamentarians. It was also said that there is need for parliamentarians to be involved in monitoring the work and actions of UN peacekeepers. There is need to monitor physical cooperation of the ACP countries, specifically the ones in the EU list of non-compliance with tax jurisdiction. A presentation was done on ACP countries that have not complied with the EU tax jurisdictions. It was also felt that it is good that, as Members of Parliament forming the joint parliamentary association of the ACP, there is need for them to be 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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