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    "id": 925268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13239,
        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": "3. The Space Centre has not effectively undertaken corporate social responsibility for the benefit of the local community. That is why it was included in this Agreement. One of the commitments from the Italian Government is that they are going to do some development in form of corporate social responsibility within Malindi area where the Centre is based. It is now a requirement if this Treaty is ratified by the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the last observation was that the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) is domiciled in the Ministry of Defence. International practice has shown that in most countries, the Agency is domiciled in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. For our partners in this, namely, the Italian Government, their space centre is domiciled in the Ministry of Education Research and Universities. That is the practice all over the world because it is mostly meant for research. It is the Ministry of Education that does research. The Government of Kenya found it wise and necessary to have it domiciled in the Ministry of Defence for some reason. As a beginning, let us have it there and if it will serve Kenyans well, then that is okay. It was an observation we received from the experts during public hearings, but we are okay with it. It is the Executive that restructured and reorganised its programmes and operations. Next time, it may be moved to another ministry. Finally, I submit that pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, the Committee recommends that the House approves the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Luigi Broglio-Malindi Space Centre (BSC). That is the wish of the Committee. Therefore, with those remarks, allow me to move and request Hon. Dida Rasso to second the Motion."
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