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    "id": 949578,
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    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Agreement was laid on the Table of the House by the Leader of the Majority Party on 18th October 2018 and thereafter committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration and report to the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important for me to set out the relevant provisions of Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act (Act No.45 of 2012), under which the Committee’s Report was prepared and tabled. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to quote Section 8(1) of the Act, which says as follows: “8 Where the Cabinet approves the ratification of a treaty, the Cabinet Secretary shall submit the treaty and a memorandum on the treaty to the Speaker of the National Assembly”. Subsection (3) of the same Act provides that the relevant parliamentary committee shall, during its consideration of the treaty, ensure public participation in the ratification process in accordance with the laid down parliamentary process. Subsection 4 provides that the National Assembly may approve the ratification of a treaty with or without reservations to specific provisions of the treaty. That is the relevant section of the Act that enables the House to entertain the ratification or otherwise of that Agreement. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is also important for me to give the House some background of this Agreement. It is important for the House to understand the basis of this Agreement. An Agreement was signed between the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria, on 13th October 2008 to establish the International Anti-Corruption Academy. The Academy is to be located in Luxembourg, Austria, which is designed to be a centre of excellence in anti-corruption, education, research and professional training. It has two prompt missions - to develop a curriculum and training tools and to conduct training courses and anti-corruption education. It is, therefore, important for this House to understand the basis and the functions of this Academy. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, corruption is becoming complicated and technical every day. There is need to undertake further research on how we should be able to fight corruption. Therefore, it is a critical institution in ensuring that nations who are parties to that particular Treaty fight corruption more efficiently in their countries. Thereafter, Kenya became a signatory to the conference on 2nd September 2010 when the Minister for Justice and National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs then, signed the Agreement during the International Anti- Corruption Academy High Level Founders Conference held in Vienna Austria. On 16th March 2018, the Agreement already had 67 parties and 53 signatories. That was the reception by the international community. By March 2016, we already had 67 parties to that body. The Cabinet approved Kenya’s ratification of accession to the Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organisation on 6th April 2017. It is important for this House to know that the Cabinet of the Republic of Kenya approved the ratification of accession to this Agreement in April 2017. During the meeting, 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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