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    "id": 926284,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for us Kenyans, the Indian Ocean is really an important maritime area and a road of networks into coastal Kenya. This is where our shipping lines are. It is, therefore, strategic for us that we are part of an Indian Ocean arrangement. In this Report, I am moving two agreements. The first one is setting up of a regional maritime information exchange. The second one is about the maritime operations centre. The Indian Ocean is strategically very important for Kenya because Kenya is the gateway to this region. Taking interest in the Indian Ocean is important for maritime surveillance, passage of international maritime vessels and for ferrying of cargo within this maritime space. I will first talk about the regional maritime information exchange and sharing mechanism in the Indian Ocean region. These agreements have actually been signed by Kenya, France, Seychelles, Djibouti, Morocco and Madagascar. Kenya signed on 26th February 2019 to be part of this arrangement. The first Agreement is composed of 23 Articles. I want to, briefly, go through a few of the very important Articles. Although I consider all the 22 Articles important, but because of time constraints, I will look at Article 3 which talks about the objectives of the Agreement. The Agreement seeks to lay the basis for a regional cooperation framework among the state parties to enhance maritime safety and security. Specifically, it seeks to improve each party’s knowledge of its maritime situation; inform speedy operational responses to threats; allow state parties to master the knowledge and technology of among others, maritime information and fusion; and promote the culture of maritime information sharing. Article 4 talks about the scope of the Agreement and what it covers. It does not govern warships or state vessels that are not exercising commercial activities. In this particular case, when Kenyan warships are transiting through the region that has been agreed on by the state parties of the maritime zone, it means they are not under any obligation to be constrained by this particular Agreement. Article 5 establishes the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre. This is about setting up a command post or an information exchange. The Centre is mandated to receive, store, 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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