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    "id": 925296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. In the last Parliament, I was on the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and at that time, this project was called “San Marco”. I have just realised that it has been changed to Luigi Broglio and I have just been told that this was a leading scientist in the project. The project is in Malindi, but it is owned by the Italian Government. We have never been given a cost-benefit analysis. In the last Parliament, when we had these negotiations, I had opportunity to visit the facility. The Italian Government is benefitting so much from this project because of the unique strategic positioning of our country on the Equator. They could not get it anywhere. The Executive was heavily involved in the negotiations. How can you charge US$250,000 per year? That is about Kshs25 million only. Our relationship should be symbiotic, but not a relationship which is parasitic like this one. They are benefitting so much at our expense. The Committee has let us down badly. The sovereign power of the people belongs to the people of this country. The Constitution says that any treaty that Kenya is a signatory must be ratified by Parliament for it to become part and parcel of our laws. I was with the Chairman of the Committee and we argued heavily. I thought they were bringing something improved for Kenyans. There is no cost-benefit analysis. The 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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